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My wife and I have an annual disagreement on the pronounciation 
of a Latin word.  She sings in a choir.  At this time of the  
year, they sing Christmas carols, mostly English.  Several of 
them include the Latin phrase "Gloria in excelsis Deo".  Our 
disagreement concerns the "c".  The choir pronounces it as an 
Englishman pronounces "ch" in "china".  I have told them that 
they sing Latin in Italian; that is how an Italian would
pronounce "excelsis".  It is also awkward to sing.  In Latin, 
I claim, the "c" should simply be pronounced "s".  A counter-
claim from somebody in the choir is that the "ch" pronounciation 
is correct if you are singing Latin from a certain century (the 
17th?), to which I reply that the phrase must have been used in 
church at least a thousand years before that.   

Comments, anyone?

Bengt