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Re:Latin as she is spoke: How classicists tricked themselves... by anthk on Saturday January 29, 2022 @03:47PM (#30130254)
English has a very difficult ortography (or lack of it) making it very difficult to write down a newly heard word (or the opposite, pronouncing some word you read.

Also it has far more vowels than the average romance.

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Re:Latin as she is spoke: How classicists tricked themselves... by odd_perfect_num on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:45PM (#30143008)
It's not a romance language, rather a west Germanic one.
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