pronunciation question

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akerdonn
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pronunciation question

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I was wondering which pronunciation system did people in the US use in the 18-19 century i.e that of Thomas Jefferson era or the Found Fathers era. latin was very popular back then. Just wondering if they used classical or church latin pronunciation. thanks.

adrianus
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Re: pronunciation question

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English method and the continental method in America. See:
Anglicus modus et modus europaeus Americae. Vide haec:

http://www.archive.org/details/alatingrammar00harkgoog (pp.2-6)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g4KT ... in&f=false (p.97)

http://www.archive.org/details/newameri ... 00rigggoog (1807,—p.4)

Cheever's Accidence http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uKAA ... &q&f=false (p.3) "used in the schools in this country for more than a hundred and fifty years previous to the close of the last [eighteenth] century [p.1]"
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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