Irish and Latin Scholars

[Richard Hoiles]

Anyone offer any help with following pronunciations ?

Lough Neagh.  Know it doesn’t rhyme. Lock Nar (as in Armagh) has been suggested. Can anyone confirm ?

Remis Velisque – Latin for ‘with oars and sails’. How is Velisque pronounced with ref to last syllable.<br>Is it ‘que’ Manual style or like Bisque ?<br>I got 7% for the only Latin exam I ever took !

Any offers gratefully received !

[Richard Hoiles]

Sorry Manuel style !

[bluechariot]

Richard Lough Neagh is prounced Lock Neigh,Nay. It is not Nar

(Edited by bluechariot at 7:59 am on Jan. 27, 2007)

[Richard Hoiles]

Thanks

[wit]

the que in velisque is not quite Manuel – its "kway".

its a fancy way of saying "and" – remis et velis would be good too.

quoted as a common proverb by the windbag Cicero – whose own name depending on your teacher is either Sissero or Kickero (folk following the latter tho should go to the kin-ay-ma to see films).

best regards

wit

[highflyer1]

While in no way pretending to be an authority on Latin pronunciation, I do remember that "que" is pronounced "qway" and not as Manuel would say it.

[Richard Hoiles]

Thank you both very much.

[highflyer1]

Ah Wit, you just beat me to it. At least we agree…phew.

[lekha85]

Also remember that the e’s in remis and velis are long so pronounced Ray-mis Vay-lis-kway<br>Ah I knew there was a reason why I read Classics at Uni…

[apracing]

Quote: from Richard Hoiles<br>. <br>I got 7% for the only Latin exam I ever took !

<br>That’s worth a grade ‘C’  pass nowadays.

AP

[seabird]

You’re not wrong, Alan!:biggrin: ;)

[Drone]

Romanes eunt domus

[wit]

biggus dickus was from east berwickshire ???

http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/comm … asp?ID=149

[Sal]

The only thing I remember is that, based on some latin graffitti, the ‘V’ should be pronounced as a ‘W’, so veni, vedi, vici, should be weni, wedi, wici.

Way-lis-qway?

Don’t know if that thinking is outdated now though!

[Richard Hoiles]

Some amalgam of the posts on this thread will be evident in the last at Lingfield !!

[apracing]

<br>Will be watching the easier to pronounce Soul Blazer with interest in that race – he’s in the Tattersalls February sale and reportedly has the size to make a hurdler.

AP

[Maurice]

I was taught at school that the ‘c’ in Latin was always hard so it would be ‘Kikero’. The pronunciation of the ‘v’ is news to me but I vouldn’t be surprised.

I’m just glad someone has the gumption to check out pronunciation in the first place!

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