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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I always thought the church Latin was what was considered "vulgar" Latin? I know I always had difficulty switching from classical Latin studies (long, long ago) to the singing of songs in Latin. The former was "waynee, weedy, weeky" while the latter was "vaynee, veedy, veechy."
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Yes, mediaeval Latin has rather different grammar to classical Latin. Not too different, but different enough to take a bit of getting used to if classical Latin is what you're familiar with. It also has a lot of vocabulary that's not there in the classical language, of course.