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Re: How do you pronounce names like the latin playwright Seneca and Claudius (Hamlet)?

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Originally Posted by Marylin

Claudius...pronounce "au" as /o/ = klôdies

Even though I reckon this is the right way it's not how us (i.e. Spanish speakers) would read the word Claudius. The one I put is...