Re: English pronunciation of Latin

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From: Coby (Jacob) Lubliner
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <32EF84CC.56ED@netvision.net.il>,
Avi Jacobson  <avi_jaco@netvision.net.il> wrote:

>You neglect to mention the only English speakers who do NOT pronounce
>Latin this way: musicians and Catholics -- both of whom use the Vatican
>pronunciation, which is almost exactly the same as the pronuncation of
>Italian.

There is, however, an exception made for music written by North
German composers such as Bach, in which the German pronunciation of
Latin is often used; for example, <g> is always [g]; <c> before <e>,
<i>, <y>, <ae>, <oe> is [ts]; <qu> is [kv] not [kw]; <oe> is [W].

Coby Lubliner

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From: coby@euler.Berkeley.EDU (Coby (Jacob) Lubliner)
Subject: Re: English pronunciation of Latin
Date: 1997/02/01
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