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by Titus Flavius
Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:16 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 1876
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Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

[ˈsəɫdə]
I'm not a native English speaker. This is how I learnt it.
by Titus Flavius
Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: ZBB Census 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 132935

Re: ZBB Census 2018

Basics Username: Titus Flavius Birthplace: Warsaw Place of residence: Poland Identity Gender: male Sexuality: straight Nationality: polish Ethnicity: polish Religion: Roman Catholic Languages (including level of fluency!) Native language(s): Polish Other languages: English, Spanish (both, I think, ...
by Titus Flavius
Wed May 26, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Replies: 805
Views: 559039

Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 7:20 pm If I'm remembering right, "slave" does come form a Mediæval Latin word meaning "Slav".
It's a very controversial case, some claim that slave and slav are cognates, although the Mediæval Latin dictionary I use has only servus - slave and sclav(in)us - Slav.