Ray Brown wrote:
> IME (quite a long one) those that use a reconstructed ancient
> pronunciation actually have it modified, usually quite a bit, to suit
> their L1 habits and certainly use something that would probably be
> unrecognizable to most of the ancients.
That's my not quite so long experience too. I certainly have
experienced that the reconstructed pronunciation of Swedes
and Norwegians differs on some points, and those of Swedes
and Germans are not easily mutually intelligible!
> I think it is important for a proper understanding of ancient metrics etc
> to know the _theory_ of the reconstructionS [plural] for the different
> varieties of Greek - but for practical purposes I use the current Greek
> pronunciation.
Do you as well use Italian pronunciation for Latin?
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