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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4401244, member: 19463&quot;]Since the pronunciation person says &#039;Turkey&#039;, she is obviously saying the modern name.&nbsp; There was no Turkey when our coins were made.&nbsp; I tend to look down on experts who correct pronunciations as if they were the source of all truth.&nbsp; That includes people who say they know how something was pronounced in antiquity.&nbsp; There were as many dialects of ancient Greek and Latin as there are of modern English especially if you are comparing both time and place.&nbsp; It is reported that Septimius Severus had a &#039;severe&#039; accent when speaking Latin.&nbsp; I suggest, were you too time travel, that care be taken when making fun of his speech.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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