Latin Name Pronunciation

[Phaichtos]

Phaichtos,

You DO plan to write a book on the linguistics we've been discussing in this thread, right? :wink:

I think your book would have a large audience, myself included...there is so much more to this than I could have imagined!

Maybe one day Technically speaking, I'm not really "qualified" to write a book about linguistics, since all of my training thus far is in history/classics/archaeology. I feel like I would need a little more of a background in linguistics in order to have the requisite nuts and bolts needed to write a book-length study on this subject! For instance, right now, I can tell you THAT language changed, but I can't really tell you the physical reasons why, since I'm a bit rough on all the terminology and all. But who knows, maybe someday I'll be able to do it as something more than an interested amateur. Until then, I will probably stick to writing articles about Rome's interactions with aboriginal Europe 8)