Re: Just a Little Taste of Judean (Part 2)

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:

> As for my comparison with American (or any modern) users of Latin:  There
> are very few people anymore who have been exposed to spoken Latin (those
> that have are, generally, Roman Catholics over the age of 55 or so), so
> all of the "Latin experience" for the rest of us comes out of books.
> Hence, we pronounce final M's.
Even Roman Catholics over 55, and those people who still go to Latin
Masses, are not exposed to *spoken* Latin, but to read-aloud
*written* Latin; all the RC priests I've heard celebrating in Latin
pronounced every single written letter.

   Irina


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