One of my Latin teachers (the one who was under 60) did try to teach us a proper pronuncation once, but quickly gave up.
But i wonder, what is the point? I think the use cases for Latin are, from most to least important:
1. reading Latin texts
2. casually dropping Latin phrases to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies
3. writing Latin mottoes, naming species, etc
4. listening to that Finnish radio station that is in Latin
5. work conversations at the Vatican
I think that none of these require historically correct Latin pronunciation. I assume that at the Vatican they speak some derivative of mediaeval Latin, and the signalling function of using Latin tags actually requires that you use the incorrect "classically educated Englishman" pronunciation.
But i wonder, what is the point? I think the use cases for Latin are, from most to least important:
1. reading Latin texts
2. casually dropping Latin phrases to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies
3. writing Latin mottoes, naming species, etc
4. listening to that Finnish radio station that is in Latin
5. work conversations at the Vatican
I think that none of these require historically correct Latin pronunciation. I assume that at the Vatican they speak some derivative of mediaeval Latin, and the signalling function of using Latin tags actually requires that you use the incorrect "classically educated Englishman" pronunciation.