NovaRoma talk:Latin orthography

Avite amice, as I explained to you when we last met, the subject of Latin orthography on the wiki was discussed some time ago and a consensus was reached which was set out on this page as it was before you made your changes. This page states the official policy of the wiki. By rewriting the page you have unilaterally rewritten the policy. Now it happens that I think the policy as you've rewritten it is a much better one, and you know that I think so, but that's beside the point. It is one thing to edit an ordinary page, but as I've said this page is a statement of policy and you can't simply rewrite such policies without any discussion or consultation.

I'm going to undo the changes you've made regarding I and J and also regarding Æ and Œ, so that the policy will be as it was agreed originally. Then we can have a discussion here about whether the policy should be changed. We can deal with the two points under separate headings. Cordus 13:52, 5 July 2006 (CDT)

I and J

On this point I completely agree with you and I very much hope that you will succeed where I failed in persuading the others, including M. Octavius who has the ultimate decision. Cordus 13:52, 5 July 2006 (CDT)

Æ and Œ

I'm unconvinced on this point. Personally I don't use these for two reasons. The first is simply that they are not easy to produce using my keyboard. The second is that, since no similar characters exist for the other diphthongs, these characters are of rather limited use and could be counter-productive. Their virtue is that they encourage the reader to pronounce the diphthong as something approaching a single sound; but this is surely undermined by the fact that not all diphthongs can be written thus, and so we end up giving readers the impression that "ae" and "oe" should be pronounced as diphthongs but that "au", "eu", "ei", and "ou" should not. To have a special character for "ae" but not for "au" is surely just as illogical as to have a special character for "v" but not for "j". Cordus 13:52, 5 July 2006 (CDT)