> 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 > mailto:[log in to unmask] > >