Comments on: More on Latin in English (2) http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/more-on-latin-in-english-2 Language in a word Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:13:52 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: John Cowan http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/more-on-latin-in-english-2/comment-page-1#comment-12465 John Cowan Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:23:18 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=444#comment-12465 When I sing "Veni, veni Emmanuel", which I do frequently (it's a good lullaby for my grandson), I use a reconstructed pronunciation with a few concessions to Italianate: /v/ for "v", /dʒ/ for front "g" in the word <i>gemit</i>. You omit that in Italianate pronunciation front "sc" is /ʃ/. In fact, I believe that "Pronounce as if Italian" pretty much sums it up. As for <i>minutiae</i>, for me it's /mɪˈnuʃi/, with normal American loss of vowel length and yod after coronals. The singular is /mɪˈnuʃə/. When I sing “Veni, veni Emmanuel”, which I do frequently (it’s a good lullaby for my grandson), I use a reconstructed pronunciation with a few concessions to Italianate: /v/ for “v”, /dʒ/ for front “g” in the word gemit.

You omit that in Italianate pronunciation front “sc” is /ʃ/. In fact, I believe that “Pronounce as if Italian” pretty much sums it up.

As for minutiae, for me it’s /mɪˈnuʃi/, with normal American loss of vowel length and yod after coronals. The singular is /mɪˈnuʃə/.

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