Re: Goblin? errrr... Greek, Latin and Hebrew phonology

Tom Wier wrote:

> Ed Heil wrote:
>
> > Classical Latin [w] (represented by 'v' which also represented [u])
> > changed to [v] in Medieval Latin.
>
> Well... this had more to do with the fact that Medieval Latin was more
> or less pronounced as the author's native tongue.  Hence the German
> pronunciation /tsitseRo:/, and Italian /tSitSero:ne/ for "Cicero".
>
> Medieval had no real pronunciation on its own, separate from that of
> the native speaker.
I guess I should have said "Proto-Romance," not "Medieval Latin."

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