Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:20:21 -0500 (CDT) From: ariggsby-AT-utxvms.cc.utexas.edu (andrew riggsby) Subject: RE: Closed feedback loops >> original plural (and the one B. uses) is "habitus" [with a long u in >> Latin]; similarly apparatus.) > that long u is from having heard the Latin speakers say that?? or just >an English version of Latin? :-) I realize this is now wildly irrelevant to the list topic, so this will be my last word on the subject. (1) Preserved Latin grammarians talk about vowel quantity. (2) Latin verse is primarily structured in terms of vowel quantity (well, actually, syllable weight) and so we can use it to determine the quantity of most vowels. See Allen's wonderful _Vox Latina_ for all you'd ever want to know about our knowledge of the pronunciation of a dead language. Andrew
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