[Fiji Hill]

And yet, no one can state with certainty how LATIN is actually pronounced.

Do you mean was actually pronounced? We have a pretty good idea. Frances Lord, a professor of Latin at Wellsley College discusses this issue in The Roman Pronunciation Of Latin: Why We Use It and How To Use It (Boston: Ginn, 1893).

[Cincinnatus]

Do you mean was actually pronounced? We have a pretty good idea

A slightly older friend in parochial school was in his third or fourth year of Latin when the curriculum switched from teaching ecclesiastical pronunciation (basically Italian) to classical pronunciation.

He mulled it all over, raised his hand and said, "Sister, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE that Julius Caesar said 'WANEY-WEEDY-WEEKY!'"

[pyx]

Do you mean was actually pronounced?

Snappy retort... NOT.

When you correct others, please include a subject in your sentence. In this case, the word "it" would suffice. People in glass houses ...etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

[FrdmLvr]

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[Fire_on_High]

I would have guessed an obscure little institution known as the Roman Catholic Church just might’ve kept the pronunciations alive, maybe...