On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 12:11:58 -0400, Brooklyn1
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>On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:34:11 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
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>>In article >,
>>says...
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>>> "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
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>>> "Bruce" wrote in message
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>>> In article >,
>>> says...
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>>> > "Bruce" wrote in message
>>> > T...
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>>> > In article >,
>>> > says...
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>>> > > On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 05:35:42 +1000, Bruce >
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > >In article >,
>>> > > says...
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:20:49 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> > > >> wrote:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >> large city being Regina... I'll never forget Regina because the
>>> > > >> >> locals
>>> > > >> >> pronounce it the same as Vagina. I've probably seen more of
>>> > > >> >> Canada
>>> > > >> >> than most Canucks.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >I have relatives in Regina. The reason they pronounce it that way is
>>> > > >> >because
>>> > > >> >that's the way it's pronounced, nothing to do with the "locals."
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >Cheri
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Correct, it is old Latin for Queen.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >That explains the meaning, not the pronunciation.
>>> > >
>>> > > Well if you learned Latin at school, you would know it has to be
>>> > > Regina, rhyming with vagina.
>>> >
>>> > I bet you were taught to pronounce Latin as if it was English. And I bet
>>> > both vagina and regina were pronounced differently by the Romans than
>>> > they are by the English.
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>>> >
>>> > Well we did Latin at school and Regina does indeed rhyme.
>>>
>>> Yes, in English "Latin", but who knows how the Romans pronounced words?
>>> I'm not saying that they can't have rhymed, btw.
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>>> Actually I think I am wrong. Memory tells me it is Regeena!
>>>
>>> Oh dear, my memory these days. Well, it was a long time ago
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>>> I used to sing the mass in Latin. Are you saying that was 'English' Latin?
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>>Yes, just like they taught me 'Dutch' Latin etc.
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>Would have been more logical for you to be taught pig latin.

We taught ourselves that, and sign language, because we were not
allowed to talk after lights out in the dormitories.