Re: Reactions to the secret vice (was: Steg's wonderful sig.)

Ed Heil wrote:
>
> Yep.  I guess that a lot of "national Latins" emerged in the Middle
> Ages, as changes in the pronunciation of Latin took place in different
> countries in the same way as sound changes in the vernacular.
Yep.  In fact, spoken Latin ceased to be an effective IAL; people from
different nations had great difficulty understanding each other when
speaking Latin, tho they had no problem *reading* Latin written by other
nationalities.

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