Re: [tied] Re: Historical impications of Romanian ecclesiastical te

>In Western Romance areas (including Italy), authority of (Latin
>based) church was obviously stronger and could impose exclusive
>use of official word instead of a popular spreading version.

Not just the church. Charlemagne notoriously insisted on correct
pronunciation of Latin, and the exclusion of versions which were not "to the
letter". So cantare had to be pronounced /kantare/ and not /Santer/.

Peter