Disputatio Usoris:I9113N

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Salve, I9113N!

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-- Ioscius   21:23, 3 Novembris 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Diacritics[fontem recensere]

On Vicipaedia the use of diacritics to mark long vowels was discussed (at great length!) and agreed long ago. We don't do it, except in rare cases where there could be ambiguity. The strongest reasons were that most people who write and print Latin text don't do this, and even the few who do have various different systems. When you read Latin text, you will nearly always find that it is printed without diacritics.

Thanks for joining us! Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 15:26, 4 Novembris 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, it's just what I was taught. :) --Ianus
I'm glad to see your reply, Iane! And thanks also for explaining that brief sentence at Lingua Lithuanica. It's an interesting point to make and I'm just thinking how best to express it in Latin ...
You had already edited it. I've made a further change. In the previous sentence I subsituted "summatim" (generally) for "saepe" to avoid repeating the word. Then I wrote "Those who write the language often omit the diacritical marks." Hope that works. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 19:03, 4 Novembris 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That works fine, thanks. -- I9113N 17:29, 4 Novembris 2010 (UTC -5)