Re: R: Re: R: Re: New to the list

Patrick wrote:

> > Welcome from a 17-years-and-two-days-old Italian guy. Where are you
from?
> > How old are you? Is Tierian your first Conlang, or are you one of those
> > lucky who grow up with their language from their early childhood?
> >
> >  Luca
>
> You got me beat by 12 days, I turn 17 on Oct. 22.
Since I'll surely forgive it on the right day... happy birthday!

> I live in Orlando FL. And
> yes Tierian is my own language, but it is growing from my own phrases and
> thoughts on life. The culture is what I grew up with, I have a rich
> background in fantasy reading and it is from a mixture Steven Brust,
Tolkien
> among others.
>
> And as ironic as it sounds, I am in my 3rd year of latin. And in my years,
I
> find the pronunciation and enunciation of it difficult.
Woah, what pronounciation do you use? In Italy everyone uses the Church's
pronounciation, which is based, as far as I remember, on 6th century's Latin
(basically Proto-Romance). This includes:

'ae' and 'oe' /e/ or /E/
'c' is /tS/ (as ch in church) before /e/, /E/ and /i/
'g' is /dZ/ (as j in joke) before /e/, /E/ and /i/
't' is /ts/ before /j/

Apart the 'ae/oe' and the t-->/ts/ thing, it's almost the same as Italian.

Luca