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Some twenty+ years ago at BYU we were taught to pronounce the Vs as Ws and our instructors made a very good case for that pronounciation as being the ancient pronounciation. I just wish I could remember what that case was. Old age--ACK!<br><br>Melody<br><br>> From: wolfpaws@mac.com<br>> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:34:06 -0400<br>> To: bards@lists.ansteorra.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Bards] Ansteorran History and trival<br>> <br>> The instructor here was saying that what scholars think Medieval <br>> Latin pronunciation was like, is always a bit of a battle ground. <br>> But in general, at U of T's Centre for Medieval Studies, they <br>> pronounce the Vs as Vs. (The classicists pronounce them as Ws.)<br>> <br>> Best,<br>> Rhiannon<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Bards mailing list<br>> Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<br>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<br><br /><hr />Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! <a href='http://mobile.msn.com' target='_new'>Check out the New MSN Mobile</a></body>
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