Did you study Latin in school? - Democratic Underground

Insider

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:09 PM
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Poll question: Did you study Latin in school?

Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 03:09 PM by Insider

i posted a reference to this in the 'disappeared from american language' thread. just curious if anybody took this stuff in school.

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:11 PM
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1. Yes high school

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bubblesby2002

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:20 PM
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4. Me too - high school

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never cry wolf

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:15 PM
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2. Other

I studied a pair of very cute twin Latinas in college, does that count?

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Insider

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:22 PM
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5. LOL alrighty then

ave maria

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AspenRose

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:17 PM
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3. Brittania est insula.

Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 03:51 PM by DesertedRose

Or is it Brittania insula est?

amo amas amat amamus amatis amant

High school, two years, National JCL competitions in Bloomington, Indiana (2nd place sight recitation)

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TXlib

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:23 PM
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7. Dingbattus es.

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Canuckistanian

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:39 PM
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21. I got one

Amo, amas, amat it again!

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Canuckistanian

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:41 PM
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22. Saw this catoon once...

It showed Caesar as an old man in bed with a young woman. He had his hands up in the air and was shouting, "Vene!"

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TXlib

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:23 PM
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6. two years, high school

Vedi, vinci, veni!

Veni, vedi, murus fuit viscosus.

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Nikia

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:24 PM
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8. No

It was not offered at my high school, only Spanish and French. After taking classical mythology my junior year in college, I wanted to take Latin but it conflicted with a course that I had to take my senior year to finish my major.

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gyopsy

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:25 PM
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9. I actually took it in Junior High

And no, I don't remember anything about it. Except for the fact that 6 is "sex" in Latin. We laughed and laughed about that one.

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Exultant Democracy

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:26 PM
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10. Yeah I took four years in high school,

and four years later I have managed to forget almost all of it. I only remember a few quotes that I was fond of.

Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet.

That was from Caligula, but it could have easily have been said by Bush* too.

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TXlib

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:52 PM
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15. My latin is rusty

Could you translate, please?

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Exultant Democracy

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:06 PM
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16. I wish the Roman people had only one neck.

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Insider

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:30 PM
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11. more than i thought

two years in high school with sister helen jean really helped on SATs and helps today with vocabulary stuff. but i don't remember much to recite/write now.

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Bridget Burke

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:38 PM
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12. Two years in High School...

But I'd already been exposed by going to Mass in the old days. You used a Missal with the Latin on one side & English translation on the other. The Latin mass is a beautiful thing with ancient roots.

Latin really does help with English vocabulary. It also helped me get a grip on Spanish when I finally began serious study.

I only wish language learning had begun earlier in life; kids really do learn it more easily.

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supernova

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:41 PM
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13. Not in high school

I did have four years of French, though. I wish we would have had it.

When I got to college I took a course on Latin and Greek roots of english. That was one of the most useful courses I had.

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Rowdyboy

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Sat Mar-20-04 03:48 PM
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14. 2 years college

Also took a course i n the ancient Greek plays and classical society that was, well, classic! The story of the birth of stage drama is truly fascinating.

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Fovea

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:08 PM
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17. Not Latin

But took French, Anglo Saxon, and Attic Greek.

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BlueJazz

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:31 PM
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18. I was an Alter Boy when I was young and foolish.

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Kellanved

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:32 PM
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19. five years

in High School. And I forgot all of it immediately after the final exam ("Latinum") - I'm able to get the drift of Italian and Spanish articles, that's all what's left.

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Dogmudgeon

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:34 PM
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20. Studied it on my own

As a result, I'm not very good at it.

I can usually read simple Latin. That's about it.

--bkl

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bicentennial_baby

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:47 PM
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23. 4 years

through AP. Also took Ancient Greek.

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Canuckistanian

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:48 PM
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24. Not Latin, but lots of others.

I studied French, German and Russian in University. When I was in grade 8, I thought German was such a cool language, I borrowed Language Lesson LP's from the Library and half-taught myself.
Since then, I've dabbled in Japanese, Finnish and recently, Scots Gaelic.
Any others here similarly afflicted?
:crazy:

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renegade000

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Sat Mar-20-04 05:07 PM
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25. ita vero

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sir_captain

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Sat Mar-20-04 05:11 PM
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26. Six years of Latin...

I still carry Catullus around with me most of the time

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mitchum

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Sat Mar-20-04 06:05 PM
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27. high school

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doc03

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Sat Mar-20-04 07:30 PM
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28. No VP Dan Quayle after returning from a trip to Latin America said

"I wish I would have studied Latin in school so I could converse with
those people"

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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Mar-20-04 07:57 PM
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29. I took it for just over 6 years

starting at the age of eight. What a waste of time.

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