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Definition of Continental pronunciation

Continental pronunciation
Continental pronunciation Continental pronunciation (of Latin and Greek.) A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian.

Meaning of Continental pronunciation from wikipedia

- Romance language of the Italo-Romance group spoken in Naples and most of continental Southern Italy. It is named after the Kingdom of Naples, which once covered...
- The Papillon (French pronunciation: [papijɔ̃], French for 'butterfly[-eared]'), also called the Continental Toy Spaniel, is a breed of dog, of the spaniel...
- Conoco (/ˈkɒnəkoʊ/ CON-uh-koh) (formerly known as Continental Oil) is an American petroleum brand that is operating under the ownership of the Phillips...
- Faroese) and a continental group (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish). The division between Insular Nordic (önordiska/ønordisk/øynordisk) and Continental Scandinavian...
- procedure, various details of pronunciation, and dozens of other features mark the English as an emerging continental norm. Native speakers attending...
- Granada television series. This pronunciation has a "continental flavour" ****ing Adler's career as an opera singer in continental Europe. "A Scandal in Bohemia"...
- used Y in place of Þ (thorn: Modern English th), which did not exist in continental typefaces. From this convention comes the spelling of the as ye in the...
- while also a feather-filled object, was essentially thinner than its "continental" equivalent and was used on top of a regular sheet and blankets for extra...
- had "continental" values, much like those in Italian and Standard German; in standard Modern English, they have entirely different pronunciations. The...
- the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...