> I prefer the traditional English pronunciation of Latin (so "caveat" is "kay-vee-it"). ...That's not an example of the traditional English pronunciation of L

> I prefer the traditional English pronunciation of Latin (so "caveat" is "kay-vee-it"). ...That's not an example of the traditional English pronunciation of Latin. The traditional English pronunciation of Latin caveat would have /kæ/ (TRAP vowel) in the first syllable, not /keɪ/ (FACE vowel). > when a vowel is followed by a single consonant (or by a cluster of p, t, c/k plus l, r) and then another vowel [...] > [such a vowel bearing stress in any syllable other than the penultima] is closed and the vowel is short [unless the vowel is U]. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_English_pronunciation_of_Latin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_English_pronunciat... ) /'ka.ʋɛ.at/ -> /'kæv.i.ət/