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    Ophiuchus rhea drache's Avatar
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    Re: Pronounciation

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    Seriously, it's a dead language. We can abuse it all we want.
    not only that
    even when it was alive it probably sounded different from one neighborhood to another, or among different professions and social classes
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    Re: Pronounciation

    I'm all for abusing Latin. It's caused me so much pain and heartache and arguments with my parents ( I think it was even the reason why I ran away from home once, lol) that a little revenge would be welcome.


    Btw, Rhea, why are you awake? Isn't it still disgustingly early in New York?


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    Re: Pronounciation

    Quote Originally Posted by drache View Post
    not only that
    even when it was alive it probably sounded different from one neighborhood to another, or among different professions and social classes
    Of course. I bet most people didn't have to worry about spelling the words either.

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