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Anders Blehr (ablehr@sn.nono) wrote:
: Robert Stonehouse wrote:

: > Does anyone else find it annoying to have Latin sung as if it were
: > Italian, in cases that obviously demand that it sound like English? I
: > can even think of a case where the name Lucinda was sung Luchinda,
: > though there was no Italian, Latin or any such thing in the song.

: In which cases is there an "obvious" demand that it sound like English
: more than Italian?  Or Latin, for that matter?  Why not /lukinda/, and
: why not the Italian pronunciation?

: - Anders.


I may be totally wrong but aren't in Latin the two acceptable pronunciations for C

/k/ in Roman Latin

and /ch/ before i and e in Medieval Latin ?

Therefore pronouncing Lucinda in English /luSinda/ would be totally incorrect?

cris

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