Latin Name Pronunciation

[Nathan Ross]

i would pronounce Legionarius with the G sounding as in: Good. Lay Geeo Narioos

Although I suppose to be completely accurate we should instead pronounce it MEE-les :wink:

There's a thread here with more about pronunciation (catapracti, anyone?), including some interesting stuff about regional dialects:

LATIN

I remember reading somewhere that, back in the 17th-18th century when the university-educated elites of Europe used latin as a common means of communication, particular national styles of pronunciation would often render the spoken language nearly incomprehensible to those of other nations. In particular, the latin taught in British universities was widely held to be barbarically corrupt! Quite possibly the same sort of problem might have prevailed in the ancient world too... as with English today. Was it a myth that the film 'Trainspotting' had to be subtitled for the American market?

- Nathan