To me American pronunciations of "cot" generally sound either a ... of an American accent has something close to my "cat". I have a typical American accent. When you listen to my pronunciation of "caught" which is the

To me American pronunciations of "cot" generally sound either a ... of an American accent has something close to my "cat". I have a typical American accent. When you listen to my pronunciation of "caught" which is the

Skitt filted: I'm also fluent in Cat (and the related Mountain Lion), and have a serviceable smattering of conversational Coyote..r You'll have noticed then, that while Cat contains a wide variety of vowel sounds, they don't bother

In classical Latin pronunciation as understood today, "C" would be ... if that was a long vowel and the otherwise. I didn't think the Romans did stress. I thought (in poetry at least) it was all to do with long and short vowels -

I imagine the way the Romans said "Boadicea" was very ... fact, very close to "Boudicca" apart from the extra vowel. In classical Latin pronunciation as understood today, "C" would be a K sound, not a G sound as

Skitt filted: You, obviously, speak a dialect of Dog (not a human language). I'm also fluent in Cat (and the related Mountain Lion), and have a serviceable smattering of conversational Coyote..r You'll have noticed then, that while Cat

Mark Brader filted: I imagine the way the Romans said "Boadicea" was very ... fact, very close to "Boudicca" apart from the extra vowel. In classical Latin pronunciation as understood today, "C" would be a K sound,

I imagine the way the Romans said "Boadicea" was very different from the English pronunciation. In fact, very close to "Boudicca" apart from the extra vowel. In classical Latin pronunciation as understood today, "C"

When and why did Boadicea become Boudicca? I find this rewriting of historical names most irritating. "Boadicea" is what the Romans called her. "Boudicca" is thought by scholars to be closer to what she called herself. I

The only pronunciation I've ever heard for Bodega Bay, California, is "bo DAY ga", though sometimes the first vowel drops out completely. This is also how Paul Simon sings it in "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes", which