History
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Latin as traditionally pronounced by English speakers is part of the living history of spoken Latin through medieval French into English.
Three stages of development of A-L can thus be distinguished:
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Famous quotes containing the word history:
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—Derek Wall (b. 1965)
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“... that there is no other way,
That the history of creation proceeds according to
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