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or maybe it really is the case that an american accent objectively does not fit well with spoken latin. Having a master's in philosophy I cannot help explain what I mean by objective. What I mean by objective is that if you're a human and you experience sound x and if sound x is objectively ugly then it is highly likely that you will dislike sound x. Back to my point, there is strong though not universal agreement that Italian is the most beautiful sounding language so it's quite possible that there is something objectively beautiful about Italian. Whereas even the greatest German writer, Goethe, railed against the barbaric sound of his own language. And I've heard plenty of other Germans admit that their language doesn't sound all that fine. So my point is that it is quite possible that there is something objectively jarring about listening to Americans speak Latin. I've heard a ton of spoken Latin, probably an average of 30 minutes per day over an 8 month period. I can tolerate speakers from all over the world, but when I hear Americans speak Latin I just truly cringe and Brits are only just a little bit better. Does anyone also feel this way or is it that because I'm an American myself I'm experiencing some form of voice confrontation.
In any case, I make a lot of recordings of spoken Latin and I've almost gotten rid of all the Americanness in my voice such that you can't really tell what nationality I am, I hope, but there are still a few things I have trouble with, most notably the way Americans pronounce vowels followed by 'm' or 'n' or 'l'. But there is still another problem, by trying to expel the Americanness from my voice I tend to sound like an old man.
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or maybe it really is the case that an american accent objectively does not fit well with spoken latin. Having a master's in philosophy I cannot help explain what I mean by objective. What I mean by objective is that if you're a human and you experience sound x and if sound x is objectively ugly then it is highly likely that you will dislike sound x. Back to my point, there is strong though not universal agreement that Italian is the most beautiful sounding language so it's quite possible that there is something objectively beautiful about Italian. Whereas even the greatest German writer, Goethe, railed against the barbaric sound of his own language. And I've heard plenty of other Germans admit that their language doesn't sound all that fine. So my point is that it is quite possible that there is something objectively jarring about listening to Americans speak Latin. I've heard a ton of spoken Latin, probably an average of 30 minutes per day over an 8 month period. I can tolerate speakers from all over the world, but when I hear Americans speak Latin I just truly cringe and Brits are only just a little bit better. Does anyone also feel this way or is it that because I'm an American myself I'm experiencing some form of voice confrontation.
In any case, I make a lot of recordings of spoken Latin and I've almost gotten rid of all the Americanness in my voice such that you can't really tell what nationality I am, I hope, but there are still a few things I have trouble with, most notably the way Americans pronounce vowels followed by 'm' or 'n' or 'l'. But there is still another problem, by trying to expel the Americanness from my voice I tend to sound like an old man.