SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 606 times:
I am a Latin student and we have been assigned to do a "Latin Scrapbook" which shows that Latin is not a dead language. I was wondering if any one knew of any good examples. Thanks.
-Will
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 581 times:
Carpe Diem!
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 580 times:
Seriously, I took Latin for 8 years but sadly and embarrisingly I don't remember anything other than the common phrases. It's kinda hard to learn a dead language due to the lack of practice. It was a requirement for us to take in high school by the way.
Its better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Fly safe!
Lubcha132 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2776 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 578 times:
hocus pocus is derived from the latin "where is the body".
PPGMD From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 2453 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 567 times:
Unfornatly as a languauge it is dead, it has very few uses, there are the common pharses, some legal speak, medcine. Thats about all that it is used for I'm afraid of, I took 4 years of it my self.
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 5, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 562 times:
How can Latin be dead when it provided the basis for the majority of European languages today? Italian evolved out of Latin, as did French and Spanish. Even English is substantially Latin based.
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Stretch 8 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 2561 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 555 times:
"Illegitimi non carborundum" translates roughly to "Don't let the bastards get you down."
"Manus manum lawatt" translates roughly to "one hand washes the other."
Keep up your Latin studies. It will help you train your thought processes.
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SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 7, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 543 times:
FlyCMH From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 2260 posts, RR: 11 Reply 8, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 543 times:
Lufthansausa From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 188 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 541 times:
Go to http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/
it is a website with modern day news in classical latin-updated each week. Maybe an article on Osama Bin Laden will convince people that Latin isn't dead.
SophieMaltese From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2064 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 537 times:
Well, I took 3 years of Latin in school and don't remember a thing. I guess I'm not too good of an example on how it's not dead. However, it is used a lot in the legal and medical fields.
DC10Tony From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 524 times:
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 14, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 520 times:
Well...if you take Latin your teacher addresses you as a Latin Scholar. It is true its not dead, but the EXACT words aren't really spoken today.
-Will
PS Thanks again
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