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Lost in Pronunciation

At the Lyceum the second morning class was Latin.  We had to take turns reading out a passage and give its translation.  “Gallia est divisa … Gaul is divided into three parts” and the like. This raised a great puzzle for me.  The Romans were formidable. I had learned about them from an early age, for in theContinue reading “Lost in Pronunciation”

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