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On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:04:50AM -0000, Zebuleon wrote: > This may seem a stupid question but I know very little about latin. > In the dictionary I have it will mark the short and long vowels in a > word. but in many words it will mark some but not all the vowels. How > or what then is the proper way to pronounce the vowels that are not > marked are they considered long or short or something else. when a > word has both a long and short vowel marked and a third unmarked what > is the default pronunciation. Any remarks would be helpfull. > > Thanks > Mario Hmm... in dictionaries where long vowels are marked, but not short ones, the unmarked vowels are short. But I have no idea what to make of one with marked long, marked short, AND unmarked. Hmm. -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo