Latin as the Official Language of the European Union
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Latin as the Official Language of the European Union
Cari auscultatores!
A terrific young Latinist shares his opinion this week at ScorpioMartianus that Latin should become the international European language:
http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com/
Do you agree with him? Would Latin really be the best? Why not Ancient Greek? Why not English?
I'd love to hear from you fine folks; preferably write your response in Latin (write responses here, or email ScorpioMartianus@gmail.com if you prefer); if some discussion erupts here on the matter, that would be great! it'll become a part of the next show.
Valete!
A terrific young Latinist shares his opinion this week at ScorpioMartianus that Latin should become the international European language:
http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com/
Do you agree with him? Would Latin really be the best? Why not Ancient Greek? Why not English?
I'd love to hear from you fine folks; preferably write your response in Latin (write responses here, or email ScorpioMartianus@gmail.com if you prefer); if some discussion erupts here on the matter, that would be great! it'll become a part of the next show.
Valete!
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Re: Latin as the Official Language of the European Union
Why only European Union?Lucus Eques wrote:Cari auscultatores!
A terrific young Latinist shares his opinion this week at ScorpioMartianus that Latin should become the international European language:
http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com/
Do you agree with him? Would Latin really be the best? Why not Ancient Greek? Why not English?
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Re: Latin as the Official Language of the European Union
Now that's the kind of forward thinking I'm talkin' about! Totius mundi ergo: quid putatis?Deses wrote:Why only European Union?Lucus Eques wrote:Cari auscultatores!
A terrific young Latinist shares his opinion this week at ScorpioMartianus that Latin should become the international European language:
http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com/
Do you agree with him? Would Latin really be the best? Why not Ancient Greek? Why not English?
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Why not reconstructed Proto-Indo-European while we're at that?
BTW Luce, is there an RSS feed to which I can subscribe?
BTW Luce, is there an RSS feed to which I can subscribe?
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WHOA there! I need to get a hang of Latin first! I've been learning for one year, so there's some time until I even consider speaking like this: Tod kékluwos χowis ħégrom bhugét. In Latin, I'll try: Hac audibitur, ovis agro fugit.
OINOM ANNOM STVDIAVEI DINGVAM LATINAM OREIGENEBOS VARIONS
HANCE SICNATOVRAM VIDETE ET REDITE
ITEM BOLVNTAS BIXET BERITAS BIVAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc0qxl4 ... age&fmt=18
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In my opinion, a language should be selected that's still in use today. I mean, let's not kid ourselves, Latin, while not being an entirely dead language, is certainly not alive and well, either (I guess that makes it an undead language? ). If Latin was adopted, it'd have A LOT of catching up to do to integrate modern words into the language.
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Tod kékluwos χowis ħégrom bhugét. In Latin, I'll try: Hac audibitur, ovis agro fugit. For emphasis LOL. w like w in english, bh like bh in Sanskrit, ħ like I don't know, χ perhaps like chi, but it(χ) didn't get imported into most IE languages.
OINOM ANNOM STVDIAVEI DINGVAM LATINAM OREIGENEBOS VARIONS
HANCE SICNATOVRAM VIDETE ET REDITE
ITEM BOLVNTAS BIXET BERITAS BIVAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc0qxl4 ... age&fmt=18
HANCE SICNATOVRAM VIDETE ET REDITE
ITEM BOLVNTAS BIXET BERITAS BIVAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc0qxl4 ... age&fmt=18
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What's an RSS feed?
Not really: http://www.amazon.com/Conversational-La ... 0865163812Eurysilas wrote:In my opinion, a language should be selected that's still in use today. I mean, let's not kid ourselves, Latin, while not being an entirely dead language, is certainly not alive and well, either (I guess that makes it an undead language? ). If Latin was adopted, it'd have A LOT of catching up to do to integrate modern words into the language.
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RDF Site Syndication made blog reading easier! Assuming you use Safari, go to one of your favorite classics blogs. In the address textbox you should see a blue RSS box at the far right. Click on that. There may be several syndication methods to choose from — I generally go with RSS rather than ATOM. You'll then get a summary of recent posts, and a bunch of further options on the right hand side. If you bookmark the RSS feed, Safari will check the RSS automatically for you, and put the number of unread blog posts in your Bookmarks. So now, rather than checking by hand for new posts, your browser will do it for you.Lucus Eques wrote:What's an RSS feed?
All modern browsers have some way to do this for you. There are also web tools that syndicate for you more prettily than browsers manage it, such as Google Reader.
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Yeah, that would rock. The only real problem is the kind of culture-specific words that wouldn't necessarily apply to an Italian. Church Latin would be probably the most practical... but not as cool as gamla Ãslenzkan. I mean, did the Romans have a word for Berserker? Maybe they did, I don't know.darodalaf wrote:Old Norse
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I think this is my first post here for a bloody year or two... wow. time flies when you're not having fun as well, I guess.
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yes, i have to get that book!Lucus Eques wrote:What's an RSS feed?
Not really: http://www.amazon.com/Conversational-La ... 0865163812Eurysilas wrote:In my opinion, a language should be selected that's still in use today. I mean, let's not kid ourselves, Latin, while not being an entirely dead language, is certainly not alive and well, either (I guess that makes it an undead language? ). If Latin was adopted, it'd have A LOT of catching up to do to integrate modern words into the language.