At 10:06 PM 05/14/2000 -0600, DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT) wrote:
> >There are no silent letters in latin...
>
>How about h's, as in "hominibus"?
well, no... h is a pretty important letter in latin - I can't quite imagine
"hodie" or "hic" without the h. Every recorded performance of a latin text
I've ever heard pronounces the h's.
and yes, maybe .... latin is pronounced differently in different
locales, and usually it sort of slides in the direction of the prevailing
language. In countries where h is silent, it may tend to get dropped in latin
too. Is that a correct thing to do? well, it wouldn't be if the aim was to
speak "good latin" - but when the aim is to "do it the way we always have" then
it's better to follow than lead. That's why I suggested doing as the choir
director requested.
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