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Why did the languages of the British Isles Latinize differently? Or is it strange that an English speaker can approximate the pronunciation of Spanish, Italian, German, etc. from text, rather than that they CAN'T do the same for Gaelic?

by /u/4VDzyss6Qn0OOoSG in /r/AskHistorians

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