20 AUGUST 1932, Page 14

LATIN PRONUNCIATION

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Servante is right in his view that Latin should be pronounced so that it is a clue to the English words derived from it. Thus viva and voce explain vivacious and vocal. The " new " pronunciation was introduced in the 'seventies when I was a scholar of Christ's Hospital, and as Mr. Key, the Headmaster of the City of London School, was a foremost advocate of the new plan, it was called by irreverent people Keyways playing on the word cives. It was reported, too, that a girls' school, translating Latin to an attractive young master, laid stress on tricissim in turn.—I am, Sir, &c.,

MEDICOS RUSTICUR.