I am a pragmatic scholar on these types of things. I studied classical latin for 6 years and find that some of the pedantic stuff being peddled as correct pronunciation is actually Baroque/Rococo latin (as my old Latin teacher used to call it) from the middle ages rather than Roman times. Anyway, another debate. Anyway, if 95% of enthusiasts are pronouncing it a certain way, which is different from what the pronunciation "purists" would have it, then practice wins over theory. It's like the French trying to keep their language free of anglicisms, there's no point in it being banned if just about everyone is using it!
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