Re: Latin pronunciation puzzle

Colin Fine wrote:
>
> Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
> >
> >
> > Antonio Marques tells me that everybody can pronounce the name
> > as he or she pleases - as long as one is getting understood. My
> > version would be: Zaglossus at'nb'rophy. The English / American
> > way of turning the clear and simple Latin vowels into mashed
> > potatoes sounds very funny to me.
> >
>
> Why do you keep putting a 'ph' into it?

It's tough to imagine why he'd come up with such a rough approximation.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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