[Misc] Can anyone on here speak Latin ?

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Midget

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Aug 16, 2015
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GCSE back in the day, like others it was courtesy of Caecilius, Matella, Quintus, Cerberus and Grumio (Grumio est coquus). Mensa mensa mensam and all that.

Oddly I think it's probably helped me most with English grammar and spelling, and learning other languages.

When at Goodison I like to pretend their motto means "never satisfied, and not the greatest". And chuckle. To myself. <sigh>

I wish I'd learned a trade.
 
















Zeberdi

“Vorsprung durch Technik”
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Oct 20, 2022
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Latin actually isn’t a spoken language anywhere in the World just to be annoyingly pedantic.

However, with an academic background in Law, years of singing in a church choir as well as studying /working in the field of ornithology, I’ve picked up a lot of Latin over the years - I still have a very old English to Latin dictionary that my Dad gave me when I was studying law at university- it was the same dictionary he used when studying classics at Oxford.

My Mum sang for 30 years. with the Brighton Festival Chorus and is a botany enthusiast…

We loved Latin in my family!
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A mex eyecan

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Nov 3, 2011
3,886
Learn Latin? You’ve got to be kidding right. As a graduate of Patcham Fawcett I can honestly say they struggled to even teach basic English.
 




Albion my Albion

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Feb 6, 2016
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However, with an academic background in Law, years of singing in a church choir as well as studying /working in the field of ornithology, I’ve picked up a lot of Latin over the years - I still have a very old English to Latin dictionary that my Dad gave me when I was studying law at university- it was the same dictionary he used when studying classics at Oxford.

My Mum sang for 30 years. with the Brighton Festival Chorus and is a botany enthusiast…

We loved Latin in my family!

You were actually singing in the church choir, correct, not signing documents at the church? :)

Bonum tibi.
 


Albion my Albion

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Viam ullus estne raedam pro AS Roma Falmer compositus?
 








PeterT

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Apr 21, 2017
2,311
Hove
I got a grade 3 O level thanks to Mr Ross, bit we never 'spoke' Latin. We learned it like a cipher.
I got an A taken a year early thanks to Mr Ross, and my report that year said I had the makings of a Latin scholar. I don’t think I have ever studied or looked at it again since then which is probably a good thing as the job market for Latin scholars is still in the middle of a 2000 year long dip..
 


Lethargic

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Oct 11, 2006
3,511
Horsham
No, but unlike rees mogg I am not a complete twat who thinks remaining in the past is a good thing.
 




Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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Latin actually isn’t a spoken language anywhere in the World just to be annoyingly pedantic.
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Imagine learning a language where the only known person you can talk to in the UK is JRM :shrug:
 


Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,428
Location Location
When at Goodison I like to pretend their motto means "never satisfied, and not the greatest". And chuckle. To myself. <sigh>

GCSE back in the day, like others it was courtesy of Caecilius, Matella, Quintus, Cerberus and Grumio (Grumio est coquus). Mensa mensa mensam and all that.

Oddly I think it's probably helped me most with English grammar and spelling, and learning other languages.

When at Goodison I like to pretend their motto means "never satisfied, and not the greatest". And chuckle. To myself. <sigh>

I wish I'd learned a trade.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum - Nil nil is optimistic
 








jcdenton08

Offended Liver Sausage
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Oct 17, 2008
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“Apropos”… it’s Latin… You ought to have a basic grasp of Latin if you're working in… Curry's.
 




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