From: Eric Christopherson (raccoon@elknet.net)
Date: Fri Dec 29 2000 - 17:28:55 EST
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:04:50AM -0000, Zebuleon wrote:
> This may seem a stupid question but I know very little about latin.
> In the dictionary I have it will mark the short and long vowels in a
> word. but in many words it will mark some but not all the vowels. How
> or what then is the proper way to pronounce the vowels that are not
> marked are they considered long or short or something else. when a
> word has both a long and short vowel marked and a third unmarked what
> is the default pronunciation. Any remarks would be helpfull.
>
> Thanks
> Mario
Hmm... in dictionaries where long vowels are marked, but not short ones, the
unmarked vowels are short. But I have no idea what to make of one with
marked long, marked short, AND unmarked. Hmm.
-- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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