FWIW, Latin is, generally, phonetic, In Classical Latin, one need only remember that "v"s are pronounced as "w"s and "c"s hard like "k" (with the exception of popular proper names--Although the Romans would have called Cicero [ki-ker-oh] such a pronunciation would likely be confusing to a QB player) every other letter is pronounced generally how it is done in english, but there are no silent letters. (thus Horatia is [hor-ah-ti-ah] and not [hor-ay-sha] Vowels are more complex, but often long. (most "a"s are "ah"s, "o"s are "oh" "e"s and "i"s vary and on generally has to know the length of the vowel just by knowing it. (leaving the moderator/question writer/editor) to fend for themselves. (although any decent latin dictionary would give you the lengths). Church latin I know softens the "c"s and the "v"s become "v"s often "t"s are "ts" (as in Tootsie) but since I have less experience with that, i'll leave it there. Greek is hard to say in general because of the fact that most everything has already been latinized before we hear of it. Thus [Ah- khi-leh-ohs] becomes [A-kil-ees] and [aye-as] becomes [ay-jax] anyway.. that's my 8 drachs... well, now 2 lepta or so. anyway. Rob --- In quizbowl_at_y..., ZAMM_Phaedrus <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > --- In quizbowl_at_y..., "nephelococcygia" <dthorsle_at_u...> wrote: > > I've been meaning to bring this to the attention of the list since I > > found it while editing MLK: > > > > http://www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/aztecnames.html > > > > Hopefully moderators will soon no longer fear the Aztecs. > > I don't suppose anyone has websites or other easily (cheap) obtainable > with general rules of pronunciation for various languages? I'd > probably be most interested in Latin (with differentiation between > ancient and Church Latin), Greek, French, and German. > > P.S. If you're looking to buy a general lit reference, the Merriam > Webster Encyclopedia of Literature does come with pronunciation guides > and Amazon.com seems to have used copies listed for under ten bucks.
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