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To: xone

Generally, classical Latin is even closer to letter-by-letter phonetics than Church Latin, which is influenced by Italian. For example, "caesar" is "k-eye-sar" in classical, "chehzar" in Church.

The phonetics that basically follow the intuition of an English speaker is legal Latin, where "bona feeday" becomes "bone a feyed". But I doubt lawyers have any use of "filioque".


2,150 posted on 01/30/2006 1:11:10 PM PST by annalex
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To: annalex; xone

"But I doubt lawyers have any use of "filioque".

Certainly not Greek Orthodox ones (even though I was a classics major)!


2,151 posted on 01/30/2006 1:17:49 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: annalex

Since the last post, I have failed to come up with an example, and so am forced to admit, you are likely right.


2,153 posted on 01/30/2006 1:18:45 PM PST by xone
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