David Kirsh asks,
> And--is it Cre-PID-ula or Crepi-DU-la?

Yes, but please don't imagine that Cicero would have recognized your
pronunciation in either case. He probably pronounced his name kee-kay-ro,
not SISS-uh-ro, which suggests the amount of linguistic change that has
occurred even in a not-so-dead language like Latin, particularly as
interpreted after several centuries of use by speakers of a rapidly changing
language like English. The best plan is just to pronounce the word the same
way each time, so your listeners will have a chance to understand your
pronunciation.

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of AL-a-BAM-a

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