• Skullgrid
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    9 days ago

    i mean, that’s how they would have pronounced it back then, I don’t like him I just want to be accurate

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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      9 days ago

      That is technically correct (the best kind of correct!)

      However, English is on the western (and time) side of the C/K split, so it’s “see-zar”.

      I’m curious how it’s pronounced in Italian today, being the language closest to Latin.