[dghf]

> It's a pity English speakers are often taught the wrong (English based) pronunciation.

Really? Still? I was taught Latin many years ago by a very conservative teacher, who insisted on classical pronunciation rather than the anglicised version (so "mah-ter" rather than "may-ter" for mater, etc.)

[kwhitefoot]

Same here, I don't think I have ever heard mater pronounced may-ter except by public school boys referring to their mother in English. I studied Latin from 1st form to 3rd form, 1966 to 1969. Hated it then but in recent years I've been making desultory attempts to learn it again.