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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3040165, member: 44316&quot;]I pronounce Julius Caesar with a soft C (like &quot;see&quot; or &quot;sea&quot;) which is how we do it in American. However, I have been told that it was more like the German &quot;Kaiser&quot; because Latin used hard &quot;K&quot;-sounding C&#039;s.&nbsp; (Constantine, Caracalla). For example, just now on the web I searched under &quot;Latin pronunciation&quot; and found lots of rules including &quot;c was always hard.&quot;&nbsp; So, if there is any tradition of using a soft C for a name or word, we do that. &quot;Caesar salad&quot; is not &quot;Kaiser salad.&quot;&nbsp; If the word or name is uncommon, we can use a soft C it anyway, but the &quot;rule&quot; suggests using a hard C, like a K.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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