On 16-Oct-08 23:35, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> The nice thing about Latin is that most of the sounds are pronouncible. 
>>
>> You mean pronounceable in a heavy English accent? Then again, as there 
>> are no native speakers, who is to judge.
> 
> Well, the Italians, so I hear...

I don't think so, they can compare to contemporary Italian not to how it 
was pronounced 2000 years ago. Remember, there was a time when the 
English written and spoken language were connected.

>>> It took me an entire evening of practice to finally master uttering 
>>> the words "Lieblich Gedackt". o_O
>>
>> You won't know if you succeeded unless you have a german handy.
> 
> Florian has already fixed that one for me. ;-)

Sort of, you know how he pronounces it, but does he know how you do?

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