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There are different competing approaches to "correct" Latin pronunciation. Pronouncing the "v" as "w" comes from the Restored pronunciation - I think Ecclesiast
by j-james 5y ago
There are different competing approaches to "correct" Latin pronunciation. Pronouncing the "v" as "w" comes from the Restored pronunciation - I think Ecclesiastical Latin pronounces it as an English "v".
- fourtrees 5y agoI'm almost certain your right. Cicero would have used something like a "w"; Modern Latin which co-evolved with central Italian uses the "v".