[Ti] weird word pronunciation (seriously OT) [OT]

[Paul Russell]

>
>...and then there are three genders, not necessarily divided nicely 
>into the five
>declensions, or related to the meanings of the words, or reliably 
>identified by word
>endings. Then adjective agreement (gender, case and number - not 
>necessarily the same
>endings as the nouns they agree with either, if in a different 
>declension), the
>conjugations with their myriad tenses, sentence meaning influenced 
>by word order, the
>subjunctive, the imperative, irregular verbs (not to mention 
>irregular bloody nouns
>IMHO), unpredictable adverbs, unbelievable terseness and worst of 
>all, Latin idiom,
>which, although one may 'know' every single word in a Latin 
>sentence, can render the
>sentence unintelligible or at the very least, ambiguous, until one 
>has waded through
>simply reams and reams of original Latin written by oringinal 
>Romans....have I missed
>anything, Paul?....and I study this language out of CHOICE!!!
>Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................eheu, demens sum.
>

Heh - that's a pretty good summary Erika. It's twenty odd years since 
I studied Latin, but it's amazing how the noun declensions etc are 
still hard-wired in my brain, long after more relevant and 
potentially important stuff has faded away. Must be something to do 
with those antiquated teaching methods - a sharp rap across the 
knuckles with a wooden ruler helps to focus the mind wonderfully. ;-)

Vale,

Paulus

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