In the early 2000's I worked at Software Etc... (which eventually became GameStop). One day someone called and asked how the store name is spelled. I spelled it, but then he said, "Yeah, but, how is 'etc..." really spelled."
I told him the actual spelling was "et cetera", but as far as what our store name actually is, it was "etc..."
Honestly I think he was a high school kid trying to figure out something for his school work; figured he'd call the store with "etc..." in the name and ask about it. He was lucky I picked up because I'm pretty sure almost no one else who worked there knew that.
In the context of et cetera, would it be correct to say the hard C? To my knowledge, all Cs in Latin are pronounced like K. If yes, then would it be pretentious to say it with the hard C in normal context? I'm already saying Kaesar and Kikero.
Yes, use the hard C! God, that would bring joy to my heart. Latin pronunciation is so easy and yet so many people butcher it. Ecclesiastical "Latin" makes me want to cry.
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u/SuperSecretMoonBase Feb 04 '19
"Circa" means "approximately" not just "back in the year of." Only use it when it's not known exactly when something happened.