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.
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://www.archive.org/details/newamericanlati00rigggoog (1807,—p.4)
Cheever’s Accidence http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uKAAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=cheever’s+accidence&source=bl&ots=8JUMaaltfW&sig=KeszvVOOsvP38IGJoe8Lu6jAHIY&hl=en&ei=DLelTrCwGInw8QPc4_XLBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&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]”