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To: Dr. Sivana
Agree. Although legal Latin has a much longer history than the "new pronunciation" which is purely theoretical. And ecclesiastical Latin varies with the country - English and German (with which I am familiar) are quite different from the "Italianate" pronunciation on which the Catholic Church has standardized. You can listen to any good English choir singing Tallis to confirm this.

A.P. Herbert had a great riff in Uncommon Law about legal Latin vs. modern classical pronunciation. You can get a bit of it here:

The New Pronunciation

10 posted on 01/07/2015 10:00:40 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks for the link.


12 posted on 01/07/2015 10:21:54 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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