Re: Czech pronounciation

[bfarnell@xxxxxxx]

Jorge Stolfi wrote:

> I suppose the "modern pronounciation of Latin" varies with the
> speaker's mother tongue.
> 
> The pronounciation for "c" before "i"/"e"/"ae"/"oe" that I recall
> hearing in church as a kid was "tch", probably by analogy with
> Italian. I don't recall what English speakers do with such "c" (but
> they sure do rather funny things with the vowels 8-). And some German
> speakers seem to believe in hard sounds for "c" and "g", whatever the
> vowel.

Yes, from what I remember there are three different schools of thought
in regards to Latin pronunciation and I seem to recall they all center
around the 'c' sound.  I believe one school is French, one is Italian
and I do not recall the third, though I think it is German.
Regards,
Brian