English Latin?

[Neal Evenhuis]

On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Valery A. Korneyev wrote:

>
> IS IT OFFICIALLY VALIDATED WITH ANY ENGLISH GRAMMAR RULES to use the manner
> to pronounce any Latin or  other  foreign names following English  rules
> of pronunciation instead of their native ones?
>
> OR  IS IT   JUST A CUSTOM  IGNORANCE not depending  on  any  legitimized
> grammar rules?

Well . . . . as far as I know, there are no rules for pronunciation of
Latin and it sure has caused some problems. For example, if
English-speaking people followed correct pronunciation of Latin, good old
Caesar Salad [pronounced cee-zer in "English" Latin] would become
"Kai-zer" Salad. I'm sure there are more examples . . .

Neal

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