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Re: Czech pronounciation



On Feb 3, 22:36, Jorge Stolfi wrote:


> I suppose the "modern pronounciation of Latin" varies with the
> speaker's mother tongue.

Indeedy yes! When I studied Latin in school in the US the public
school students would have said "Markee" and the Catholic school
students would have said "Marchee". Now I think most Catholic
schools in the US have dropped the "Italian" pronunciation.


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