To: AnAmericanMother
Oops, I didn't see your reply #25. Please see my reply #31.
32 posted on
10/24/2005 8:12:27 AM PDT by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: ELS; Pyro7480; jrny
Specifically, the Italianate pronunciation was mandated fairly recently, by Pope St. Pius X in Motu Proprio (1903). There was a lot of variation locally in pronunciation, and his aim was to standardize so that everyone heard the same thing wherever they went.
36 posted on
10/24/2005 8:39:02 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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