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> so it was pronounced like “seek” How do you know? I doubt it, but maybe my stress on seeek is just too long. Good to know it's not as sick, anyhow.
by posterboy 9y ago
> so it was pronounced like “seek”
How do you know? I doubt it, but maybe my stress on seeek is just too long. Good to know it's not as sick, anyhow.
- tetrazine 9y agoI believe ancient linguistic nuances like this are sometimes divined from formally structured poetry, among other sources. Also analysis of languages thought to share a common ancestor could imply near-identical pronunciation in the past
- dragonwriter 9y ago> I believe ancient linguistic nuances like this are sometimes divined from formally structured poetry Given that formally structured poetry in English (not sure if the same is true of other current languages) often uses somewhat different from usual pronunciation (in ways that are both immediately obvious to a reader familiar with the poetic style, and understandable if unusual to a listener hearing the spoken poem), I would worry that leaning too heavily on this as evidence might potentially be misleading .
- stevula 9y agoIt would more likely be pronounced with a vowel sound similar to a long i in Italian, but this is a pretty good approximation for English speakers. [Vox Latina](https://www.amazon.com/Vox-Latina-Guide-Pronunciation-Classical/dp/0521379369/ https://www.amazon.com/Vox-Latina-Guide-Pronunciation-Classi...) is a good resource for reconstructed classical pronunciation.
- jek0 9y agocf "What Latin Sounded Like - and how we know" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_enn7NIo-S0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_enn7NIo-S0