I actually prefer the sound of the classical pronunciation, despite the fact that "Ceasar" and "Cicero" are pronounced "kaiser" and "kickero." Nonetheless, when the Gaylords recorded Veni, Vidi, Vici, I'm glad they used the liturgical pronunciation.
I actually prefer the sound of the classical pronunciation, despite the fact that “Ceasar” and “Cicero” are pronounced “kaiser” and “kickero.” Nonetheless, when the Gaylords recorded Veni, Vidi, Vici, I’m glad they used the liturgical pronunciation.
...ah yes, kickero, indeed...I guess I sympathize with James Hilton’s Mr. Chips, who as a Latin teacher was highly indignant with the modernists’ auricular interpretation of a language that hadn’t been heard in over 1500 years, and refused to teach it...good for him...I choose to believe that intervocalic G’s and C’s were already softening by the first century, not because there is any evidence of that but simply because I like it better that way...
...also, kudos to the poster providing the Ben Hur video...an incredible piece of film footage...combined with the moving nativity scene, and its accompanying score, altogether a beautifully done movie...