Reply To: Help Pronoucing Gallic Names

[zippyfusenet]

Gallic names come down to us through the Romans, so it makes sense to pronounce the written versions that we have by the rules of Latin. However, it’s likely that the Romans hadna’ tha true lilt o’ the Gallic tongue, and mispronounced the names themselves. Henh. I have heard that the ending ‘-ix’ actually stands for a gutteral ‘ch’. I’d pronounce the name Ver-KIN-ge-TOR-ich. You’d know who I meant.

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