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Words for “yes” in Romance languages

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Re: Words for “yes” in Romance languages

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This! (Sorry... Fantastic article in any case. I send anything similar to a friend who studied linguistics. This one is going to her immediately.)

While it's a superb article, it strikes me as being distinctly aimed at laypeople, and I suspect someone who studied linguistics might already know large parts of it. (I haven't, but I know parts from having had Latin in school.)

(Also, it contains the words "This is not exactly what happened but it is basically what happened, please just fucking roll with it, this shit is long enough already." so I suspect there might be more in-depth material somewhere.)

Anyway, all of this is not aimed at you directly, but more of a general pondering of whether sending people articles on their subject matter is useful. Family members occasionally send me news articles on technology, which I usually find only moderately interesting.

Re: Words for “yes” in Romance languages

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> so it was pronounced like “seek” How do you know? I doubt it, but maybe my stress on seeek is just too long. Good to know it's not as sick, anyhow.

I believe ancient linguistic nuances like this are sometimes divined from formally structured poetry, among other sources. Also analysis of languages thought to share a common ancestor could imply near-identical pronunciation in the past

Re: Words for “yes” in Romance languages

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> so it was pronounced like “seek” How do you know? I doubt it, but maybe my stress on seeek is just too long. Good to know it's not as sick, anyhow.

It would more likely be pronounced with a vowel sound similar to a long i in Italian, but this is a pretty good approximation for English speakers.

[Vox Latina](https://www.amazon.com/Vox-Latina-Guide-Pronunciation-Classi...) is a good resource for reconstructed classical pronunciation.

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