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til, the latin c sounded like a k, and the latin v sounded like a w.
so caesar sounded like Kaiser, and Livius Patavinus sounded like Looweeus Pataweenus. ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Dawn · 3d
Stumbled upon the scientific name for a limber pine a few day ago... that a fun one ๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ˜…
Gigi · 3d
Yup. "Kaiser" is still very much a thing in the German-speaking world. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser
mihhdu · 3d
Very interesting! I was gonna answer that nobody knows what classical latin sounded like but then read up on it and it turns our we can infer quite alot. Awesome