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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2835111, member: 19463&quot;]This is exactly why I just ignore people who talk about &#039;how the <i>ancients</i> did it&#039;.&nbsp; When we are talking about many centuries and many places we just can&#039;t expect people to follow rules set down by 19th century classicists.&nbsp; We get hints when we read reports of people who could not pronounce &#039;properly&#039; (most well known is the Biblical <b>shibboleth) </b>but the last person who &#039;got the joke&#039; on much of this died two millennia ago and we are left to admit that language was never as precise or consistent as some would prefer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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