To: ConorMacNessa
But a modern Italian would say “Sheep-ee-oh.” It’s not at all clear where or when Vulgar pronunciation triumphed over the Classical.
12 posted on
12/28/2008 7:32:33 PM PST by
Philo-Junius
(One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
To: Philo-Junius
Quite so - or whether the Populares ever spoke Cicero's Latin, which I doubt.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!15 posted on
12/28/2008 7:36:27 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Philo-Junius
19 posted on
12/28/2008 7:45:38 PM PST by
Frank Sheed
(Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
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