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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 13:37:47 GMT
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In article <65@elrond.ukc.ac.uk>, J.E.Smith@ukc.ac.uk (Jan Smith) writes:
>In article <DAFBDp.JsG@tigadmin.ml.com> pardoej@lonnds.ml.com writes about
the film Sebastiane:
>>>the Latin accents were so laughable that I didn't even get a turn-on from
>>> hearing Latin spoken.
>>
>I'm intrigued: how does anyone know whether Latin accents are laughable
>or not?

I don't have much idea what Latin accents did sound like, but I'm sure
the Romans didn't sound like residents of the eastern Home Counties
towards the end of the twentieth century!

>Perhaps they were simply bad actors?

No perhaps about it.

-- jP --



