> Dear Paul,
>
> I am writing this direct to you because you seem to be quite interested on
> this subject.  Alfonso Pina too. I would have answered direct to the forum
> but I
> disconnected because I do not know how to avoid receiving all the message
> in
> my mail box. This does not prevent me from reading it twice a day and
> would
> like to officially thank you and other people for the permanent upgrading
> in
> quality information that is being spread tru the forum.
>
> At this stage of the discussion on pronunciation, it might be worth
> mentioning that the worldwide community of linguists (at least for Indo
> European languages) uses a standardized way of writing pronunciations
> (something like steno). It is the same signs for all these languages and
> they
> can be found in any pronouncing dictionary. I have got one somewhere for
> the English language but cannot give you any reference. I have in front of
> me the Collins Spanish-English dictionary and they have a whole section on
> this.
>
> When some people claim they can read Latin, I suppose they mean they read
> it
> like somebody in church. I very much (as was expressed formerly) doubt our
> Roman ancestors pronounced Latin the way a priest does when serving mass.
>
> If you feel like adding this comment to the forum, please feel free to do
> so.
>
> Signed:
>
> an ex translator and ex interpreter.
>
>
> Charles J. Geerts
> www.seashellgeerts.com
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>
>