Latin Scannos

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Watch out for:

• e/o/c mixed up
• rn, ra for m
• i for l or t
• y for v

(Almost) Always Wrong:

Whole words:

• co for eo.
• nee for nec.
• a[eo] for ac.
• enira for enim.
• s[co]d for sed.
• (ill|ist|h)i[eo] for illic/istic/hic.
• a[il]l(u[smd]|a|i|is) for alius and related forms. (If text includes Greek, watch out for correct word "alla".)
  • Your mileage may vary. In my text editor, a[il]l(u[smd]|a|i|is) means: a, (i or l), l, (us/um/ud or a or i or is), end of word.

Word-initial:

• quau- for quan-
• onm- for omn-

Word-final:

• -rn for -m.
• -quc for -quo or -que.
• -nm for -um.
• -[aeiu]ut for -[aeiu]nt (but watch out for whole word "aut").

Letters:

• -qn- for -qu-
• -oo- for -oc-, -co-, -eo- etc.
• -ee- (same, but watch out for legitimate -eë- compounds written without dieresis).
• -fl- before non-vowel for -fi-
• [aeiou]y for -v-

Possibly Wrong:

Word endings:

• -ara for -am.
• -era for -em.
• -ura for -um.
• -u[rn]i for -um.
• -quo for -que, -que for -quo.
• -irae for -ime.
• -eni for -em.
• -ins for -ius.

Letters:

• -[oe]i- for -ci-. (Common in Greek, and may occur in Latin.)
• -aiu- for -am- or -atu-.
• -y[aeiou] (usually for -v-).

Latin's answer to "he" : "be"

• "his" : "bis"

The long-s killer:

• "fit" : "sit"

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