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The Pope's language: Latin
Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian in public, only Latin.
Doesn't he speak a proper Italian, or is it a conscious way of showing that the Roman Church is /universal/, not Italian? Of course, being an old German university professor, he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too. But Italian?
Per Erik Rønne
Doesn't he speak a proper Italian, or is it a conscious way of showing that the Roman Church is /universal/, not Italian? Of course, being an old German university professor, he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too. But Italian?
Per Erik Rønne
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[nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian in public, only ... he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too.
- [nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope?
- He never speaks Italian in public, only ...
- he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too.
- [/nq] Afair, the first words he said as Pope to the general public were in Italian.
- Adrian
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[nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian in public, only ... he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too. But Italian?[/nq]
Afair, the first words he said as Pope to the general public were in Italian.
Adrian
Afair, the first words he said as Pope to the general public were in Italian.
Adrian
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[nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian in public, only ... he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Gre
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[nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian in public, only ... he speaks German and English, and being a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Gre
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[nq:2]Am I the only person who has become suprised by ... Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too. But Italian?[/nq]
[nq:1]Afair, the first words he said as Pope to the general public were in Italian.[/nq]
Just to give confirmation, from Italy, by a native speaker... he's addressed the public a few times by now, both officially and unofficially, as it were (he's been round to his old
[nq:1]Afair, the first words he said as Pope to the general public were in Italian.[/nq]
Just to give confirmation, from Italy, by a native speaker... he's addressed the public a few times by now, both officially and unofficially, as it were (he's been round to his old
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[nq:1]Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? Henever speaks Italian in public, only Latin. ... German and English, andbeing a Doctor in Theology he has a proper Classical Greek too. ButItalian? Per Erik R=F8nne[/nq]
Is it just me, or did I hear, during the announcements, Latin being pronounced as though it were Italian? For instance with /tS/*, as /e/ or /i/ (which con
Is it just me, or did I hear, during the announcements, Latin being pronounced as though it were Italian? For instance with /tS/*, as /e/ or /i/ (which con
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This is entirely standard in Vatican Latin, and I think it's fairly commonplace in "Church Latin" (if there's such a beast).
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[nq:1]Is it just me, or did I hear, during the announcements, Latin being pronounced as though it were Italian? For ... kind of new universal pronunciation of Latin by the church? (Surely a lot of Catholics speak languages with no /tS/?)[/nq]
Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?
I'm comparatively normal for
Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?
I'm comparatively normal for
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[nq:2]Is it just me, or did I hear, during the ... church? (Surely a lot of Catholicsspeak languages with no /tS/?)[/nq]
[nq:1]Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?[/nq]
Could well have been for all I know. (That was the first conclave of my lifetime, so wouldn't have had many chances to notice before). My experi
[nq:1]Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?[/nq]
Could well have been for all I know. (That was the first conclave of my lifetime, so wouldn't have had many chances to notice before). My experi
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[nq:1]/tS/*, universal speak[/nq]
[nq:2]Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?[/nq]
[nq:1]Could well have been for all I know. (That was the first conclave of my lifetime, so wouldn't have had ... school in the UK) is that "decimi" would be either /dekImi:/ or /desImi:/; "decem" always /dekem/, and /ae/ usually /a
[nq:2]Hasn't Latin been pronounced by the RCCh with modern Italianate pronunciation standards for the past few centuries?[/nq]
[nq:1]Could well have been for all I know. (That was the first conclave of my lifetime, so wouldn't have had ... school in the UK) is that "decimi" would be either /dekImi:/ or /desImi:/; "decem" always /dekem/, and /ae/ usually /a
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[nq:2]/tS/*, universal speak Could well have been for all I ... /dekImi:/ or /desImi:/; "decem" always /dekem/, and /ae/ usually /aI/.[/nq]
[nq:1]Back when Latin was the learned language of Europe, each country pronounced it as if it were the local language. That's how you get "/desImi:/" (originally "/desimai/"?)[/nq]
I think it was; there is an older pronunciation still of Latin in Brita
[nq:1]Back when Latin was the learned language of Europe, each country pronounced it as if it were the local language. That's how you get "/desImi:/" (originally "/desimai/"?)[/nq]
I think it was; there is an older pronunciation still of Latin in Brita
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[nq:2]Could well have been for all I know. (That was ... /dekImi:/ or /desImi:/; "decem" always /dekem/, and /ae/ usually /aI/.[/nq]
[nq:1]Back when Latin was the learned language of Europe, each country pronounced it as if it were the local language. ... Catulli Carmina sung by a German choir in their national accent. And of course "/dekimi:/" is Kikero's version[/nq]
My dad was taught a
[nq:1]Back when Latin was the learned language of Europe, each country pronounced it as if it were the local language. ... Catulli Carmina sung by a German choir in their national accent. And of course "/dekimi:/" is Kikero's version[/nq]
My dad was taught a
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