[sdiy] I can't decide....

[Czech Martin]

well, the pronounciation of Latin spoken from todays English, French
and sometimes also Italian speakers has only little to do with the
original pronounciation.

These modern languages have undergone a trumendous change during the last 1000
years.

veni vidi vici

vainai vaidai vaiccai is certainly wrong in terms of ancient pronounciation.

Perhaps some people from the roman catholic church have still the original
pronounciation ....


m.c.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Colin f
Sent: 25 October 2004 12:06
To: 'diy >> synth diy'
Subject: RE: [sdiy] I can't decide....


 
> this word stems from ancient greek. We have no .mpg files
> or other recordings, but after all that is know, and from
> the practise os todays greek languagae we can pretty safely assume
> that 
> 
> gig-ah is the correct pronounciation and not jig-ah.

Maybe originally Greek... but came to us via Latin, which certainly uses a
soft G before i, e, ae, or oe.
The French established the metric system, and they surely pronounce it as a
soft G.
It's never safe to assume ;-)

Colin f