[Misc] Can anyone on here speak Latin ?

[studio150]

@RexCathedra teaches it or did?

I learned Latin for one year, and then dropped it for German.

My German is restricted to aus and handed hoch from watching too many WWII films. Doesn't get me very far In modern day Germany

 

[Lenny Rider]

I mean proper Latin from school. Rees Mogg said it was his first language in his house growing up.

That explains an awful lot

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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..

We all took the Latin O Level a year early (along with Eng Lang). It was all part of the L stream process and the pathway to Oxbridge. Unfortunately I decided to take the fifth form a tad easy, and ended up getting grade 1s in only 3 subjects, and failed French, ending up with a disappointing eleven passes (grade 1-6). I think the system went from 1-6 to A-C the following year (when I got a B in art, taken as a lunchtime subject in the lower sixth). So you must be a couple of years younger than me. Like @Shuggie

 

[Albion my Albion]

My German is restricted to aus and handed hoch from watching too many WWII films. Doesn't get me very far In modern day Germany

Quickly, you don't remember the words "Schnell, Schnell!"?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Had to do it in my classics degree…..love reading the old gravestones in Rome!

 

[Is it PotG?]

A Roman walks in to a bar and says "I'd like a Martinus" "You mean a Martini?"

"No, if I wanted more than one I would've said so.

 

[schmunk]

“Apropos”… it’s Latin… You ought to have a basic grasp of Latin if you're working in… Curry's.

If you're working in currys, surely Hindi, Urdu or Gujurati would be more useful...?

 

[Shuggie]

We all took the Latin O Level a year early (along with Eng Lang). It was all part of the L stream process and the pathway to Oxbridge. Unfortunately I decided to take the fifth form a tad easy, and ended up getting grade 1s in only 3 subjects, and failed French, ending up with a disappointing eleven passes (grade 1-6). I think the system went from 1-6 to A-C the following year (when I got a B in art, taken as a lunchtime subject in the lower sixth). So you must be a couple of years younger than me. Like @Shuggie

Yep, Latin and English Language a year early. For me, that was 1974 and graded 1-6. We were on A-C grades the following summer for the bulk of our 'O' Levels.

Unlike swotty Wilson, I took it easy in the 3rd year, 4th year, 5th year, Lower 6th, Upper 6th, 1st year of Uni, 2nd year of Uni, 3rd year of Uni and, let's be honest, ever since. I put this 50 year streak of successful under-achievement down to Keats and his Ode To Indolence*. The lure of a life of 'pleasant numbness' proved too strong. Mind you, 'A' Level Latin stood me in good stead when Killer Whale was swimming in these waters. But nothing else to report.

* hence posting once a fortnight for the last 20+ years, unlike gobby Wilson

 

[Milano]

I was forced to do Latin. I can still read a bit but in my experience no one speaks Latin, as in coversational Latin. Catholic priests repeat it, Barristers and Doctors use it to stay complicated, weirdly florists probably need Latin more than Rees f***ing Mogg.

 

[Oh_aye]

Cogito, ergo, worried about the result Brian.

 

[Pavilionaire]

“Apropos”… it’s Latin… You ought to have a basic grasp of Latin if you're working in… Curry's.

Alan did also say "You know what this room says to me? Aqua. Which is French for water."

 

[Gotsmanov]

Stercorum pro cerebro habes.

 

[Seagull58]

I mean proper Latin from school. Rees Mogg said it was his first language in his house

He's lying. I studied Latin for 4 years and hated it.

 

[WATFORD zero]

We all took the Latin O Level a year early (along with Eng Lang). It was all part of the L stream process and the pathway to Oxbridge. Unfortunately I decided to take the fifth form a tad easy, and ended up getting grade 1s in only 3 subjects, and failed French, ending up with a disappointing eleven passes (grade 1-6). I think the system went from 1-6 to A-C the following year (when I got a B in art, taken as a lunchtime subject in the lower sixth). So you must be a couple of years younger than me. Like @Shuggie

I was top of L stream first year, 3rd in second year and dropped into α in my third. (I think I had an epiphany )

They let me take Latin, English (Lan) and maths (trad) in the fourth, but I think we were drifting apart. Eventually left less than a year later, straight after the exams with 8 GCE's (A-Cs), bit of a disappointment to them, not doing 6th or Oxbridge , but ready to take on the night life of brighton for the next few years. Don't regret it

 

[Seagull58]

The language immersion technique. Upper middle class families did this to give their kids an edge at school and in professions such as law and medicine. Widely used in recent times.

His dad was on the board at GEC when Weinstock was Group MD. I met Rees Mogg Jr when he was 19, just left school and was off to the US to work as a volunteer for Dukakis against Reagan. He was always destined for politics.

All I remember is:

Amo, Amas, Amat
Amamus, Amatus, Amant

Amatus or amatis?

 

[monty uk]

I was forced to do Latin. I can still read a bit but in my experience no one speaks Latin, as in coversational Latin. Catholic priests repeat it, Barristers and Doctors use it to stay complicated, weirdly florists probably need Latin more than Rees f***ing Mogg.

And we need florists more than we need Rees f***ing Mogg.

 

[Sirnormangall]

I achieved a grade 9 in Latin O Level at a time when 1 was the highest grade!

O me miserum

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

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.

Funny you should say that as I did Latin at Falmer and I can remember my teacher Dr Opie telling us they were considering merging the English and the Latin class to keep the dying languages in one place.

 

[sir_gullahad]

Caesar adsum jam forte...

Brutus aderat...

 

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