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  7. How to pronounce Roman names

    in Lingua Latina

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    Here an interesting audio, an english (male) and a brasilian (female) speaking Virgils Eclogues

     

    You can see that depending on your background (portuguese or english) Latin and its pronounciation sounds different...

     

    http://ia600102.us.archive.org/22/items/ecloga_0810_librivox/eclogae_01_1_vergil_64kb.mp3

     

     

    via http://librivox.org/...vergilius-maro/

     

    Haha, I can definitely tell the lady is Brazilian! But it sounds more like Greek than Latin to me. :P

  9. The Eagle (Movie)

    in Colosseum

    Posted · Edited by Aurelia

    I found the method of filming very different than other action films. You weren't seeing the scenes (most of them)from a distance or from up above, it was like you were right beside the actors involved in the scenes. At first it made me a little dizzy, :rolleyes: . Also, not sure if it was the film or just our theater but the in the first half of the film background scenes were very blurry - like out of focus. Either I grew used to it, or someone walked to the projection room and complained.

     

    I watched "The Eagle" a few days ago, and unfortunately I cannot say I share in the general enthusiasm. Going to see it at a movie theatre was not an option because all movies around where I live are dubbed, so I had to watch it online. I also wondered about the blurry scenes and thought it was just due to the bad quality of the movie file I selected but reading what Crispina wrote, I guess it was jut meant to be that way. It also took me a while to get used to it.

     

    I don't know about the theatre version, but the one I found online didn't provide any subtitles during the long scenes in which the Seal People talk in their own language. It is very boring to watch when you don't really know what they are saying (ok, I could assume what was going on but still). Btw, I totally agree with ummidia quadratilla, they did look like Mohawk Indians! It often felt as if I was watching a Roman/Scottish version of "The Last of the Mohicans" and half expected Daniel Day-Lewis to make a sudden appearance and save the day. ;)

     

    All in all, not a bad film but not great either IMHO. I haven't read the novel but I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy it a lot more.

  12. M?tley Crue

    in Arena

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    At the risk of admitting myself to be a failure . . . are you OK, Viggen? You seem to be speaking in tongues.

     

    Is this something to do with why I can no longer use words with accented letters, like Rhone-Alps, and Provence.

     

    Oh, does Provence have an accent? That's news! :P

  21. Thermenmuseum CORIOVALLVM

    in Vacatio

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    I visited the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren some years ago when I was still living in Belgium. It was interesting! Since then it's been renovated so it should be even better now. Also, there are quite a few burial mounds - dating back, I believe, to Celtic times - still visible in the flat surrounding countryside.

     

    Oh and make sure you don't miss the Ambiorix statue on the main square. ;)

     

    Ambiorix.jpg

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