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How do we know/guess how Latin was pronounced?

I can't find the post where I talked about this before, but basically there are two ways.

1) Because Latin transitioned from a living language (in the Roman Empire) to the language of scholars and clerics (in the Middle Ages) without a gap, the pronunciation was passed down from teacher to student. It almost definitely shifted a bit over time though, due to human error and the lack of recording devices. This handed-down version is called Ecclesiastical Pronunciation.

2) In the early 20th century (iirc) scholars attempted to compensate for shifting pronunciation by reconstructing how Latin might have been pronounced in Ancient Rome. The version they came up with is called Classical Pronunciation.

There are valid reasons for choosing either pronunciation, and you'll meet latinists hotly in favour of each. ��

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“why didn’t the gpda address this” “they should have brought up that” have you ever tried running a union meeting before??? now imagine it’s 15 of the worst people you’ve ever met plus fernando alonso.

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“We urge the FIA president to consider his own tone and language when talking to our member drivers” mhehehehe yes george!!

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I'm so sorry Yuki but this is hysterical

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The GPDA has an instagram?? It’s a new account and unverified but I’m assuming it’s real bc most of the drivers follow it

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Susie Stoddart Wolff & Lewis Hamilton

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

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WINNER

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Anglo-Americans be normal about countries in the global south challenge failed

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I often think about how Lewis said he personally called so many drivers in 2020 and personally asked them to kneel for BLM. I think about how he said he personally tried to explain the protest to them and answer all their questions. I think about how he felt when so many of them still declined. I think about how he was fined for wearing shirts for BLM. I think about how F1 stopped him from wearing a shirt that simply said "Justice for Breonna Taylor." because F1 wanted to 'de-politicise' the sport. I think about how when they asked Stefano Domenicali, the CEO of F1, about Lewis' activism, he said F1 is not racist and he does not "Percieve" the racism Lewis is talking about.

I think about how Nelson Piquet, who was fined $1 million for racially abusing Lewis on video was *banned* from the paddock. I think about how he just showed up to the paddock today clearly wearing a paddock pass and hanging out outside of Red Bull, not even hiding inside.

I think how this is all so symptomatic of how rotten to the core F1 is. How Lewis being the most successful driver in the history of the sport did not spare him from this.

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you can’t have anything nowadays…. because of vsc

funniest outcome is if oscar slows down last lap for lando and max does a double overtake

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see you're all mad that the fia are pulling shenanigans to try and prevent max winning. personally i think its so funny considering he got a wdc through the fia pulling shenanigans to the worst level ever seen in this sport.

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if you even care the FIA took five business days to call that VSC despite the HAAS being practically on the racing line because they were giving mclaren a chance to swap

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Lando Norris, September 2024

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Hamilton out in sq2

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Trick or treat?!

The word cappuccino is descended from the Latin caput, -itis by way of Italian; it means "hood" or "hat", and refers to the foam "hat" on top of the drink. Capuchin friars and monkeys are similarly named for their hoods or "hats".

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huge fan behaviour from franco lmao (that would be me though)