At 09:22 a.m. 4/25/98 -0500, Alice Conrad O'Briain wrote: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Simon Cauchi wrote >>I once knew a learned autodidact who habitually spoke of 'Kikero'. And Alice wrote: >Either spelling is viable and the kikero pronunciation comes from the Roman >adoption of the greek letter kappa so when reading classical latin witht >he correct pronunctiation rather than as church latin all c's such as in >Cicero are said as kappa's and likewise all v's are w's So if we write "Vergil" we should really say Wehr - gill. In the old film "Goodby, Mr. Chips" this question arises, and the venerable teacher gently lambastes those who insist on 'kikero." Better, he says, to focus on the text than force a pronunciation that seems affected and unnatural. Kids, after all, are more interested in story than in matters only a linguist could love. BTW, is there any sort of discussion list out there for Cicero? Also, just as the discussion of CQ was going on I received a complimentary copy of a publication called "Copy Editor," which discusses current usage of English. The issue I have features, inter alia, a dictionary update by a senior editor at Random House, a rundown of Web sites that give wrong advice on writing, and the one most classically concerned: "Kevorkian's coinage," which notes the distinction between "euthanasia" and "assisted suicide," and records a new term for the last: "patholysis." URL: http://www.copyeditor.com I certainly enjoy this list even though I don't contribute. I am perpetually studying either something Latin or Greek, though I often branch out into Old or Middle English, French, Italian. I've chipped away at Hebrew for years, but at present am trying to learn to speak everyday colloquial Spanish, as I work with a Spanish-language directory. Haven't yet run into anyone called "ver- HI -lio!" Nancy Charlton Portland OR Dulce ridentem, dulce loquentem ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body.
