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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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Vulgar and Medieval or Church Latin are not exactly the same thing. Vulgar Latin co-existed with classical Latin. Not that it matters much at this point. The good news is the Medieval Latin is readable by a classical Latin reader if, as has been said, you can understand or at least find a lexicon to help with the specialized terminology around theology, church organization, philosophy, law, and science.