When I studied neuroanatomy at university, my tutor (who later it turns out studied Latin in school), uses a different pronunciation than other neuroscientists. I prefer his pronunciation, but which one is technically correct, and for what reason?
My Tutor: pa-ri-ē-tal
Everyone Else: pa-rī-e-tal
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@Joonas: Q: latin.stackexchange.com/q/16224/1982, looks suspiciously like a young person seeking help with homework. Seb's comment, reading between the lines, may support this view. Difficult to prove and probably not important, anyway--an observation.
@tony It does indeed look like that. I actually think homework questions are fine as long as they ask for help with it instead of asking us to do it. Context helps, and that's what I was aiming at with my comment.
If it was for homework and the deadline has passed, the question may well be abandoned. The OP hasn't reacted.
A minor thing: You seem to be spelling the name Caeser whereas it should be Caesar.
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@Joonas: Clumsy me. Are you up for some physics? If so: these disaster movies with meteors, approaching Earth, threatening an extinction event--the solution is to fire nuclear-missiles at them. The thinking seems to be that these won't explode, in space; no atmosphere, no destructive shock-wave generated. What happens to the missile upon detonation--it gets hot & disintegrates, leaving the unperturbed meteor to continue its journey?
@tony A nuclear weapon doesn't require at atmosphere to work.
Bringing destruction to the surface of the meteor makes no difference. What we'd want is to either break it up or have it change course. Both can be done with nuclear weapons, at least in principle, but I'm not sure which would be the plan.
By detonating a bomb you make the meteor recoil and change its course ever so slightly. If done in time, a tiny change is enough.
When I studied neuroanatomy at university, my tutor (who later it turns out studied Latin in school), uses a different pronunciation than other neuroscientists. I prefer his pronunciation, but which one is technically correct, and for what reason?
My Tutor: pa-ri-ē-tal Everyone Else: pa-rī-e-tal
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