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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:30 AM Original message |
Why is Latin considered a dead language? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. There is no community where it is the first tongue. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Probably because there are no ancient Romans walking around |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. because people don't read? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Probably because no one speaks it as a first language. n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Latin is a dead language |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Death Certificate.... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. how sudden could that transition be? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, you might consider the seven Romance languages as evolved Latin |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Just like Modern English is evolved Old English |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Preteritus est non mortuus. |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. LOL |
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evilgenius602 (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. semper ubi sub ubi |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Why limit it to seven? If we count the various langues d'oc, the various Jewish-Romance hybrids, |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Ah the influence of Latin is epic! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Latin meets conquered tribes and tries to communicate. |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. thanks aquart. important piece of understanding it all.nt |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. how do you say "Airport" in Latin? |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. but da french calls it le/la airport.. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's "aéroport", and it's a boy! |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. that's the point-- there are enough native French speakers around to adopt a word |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. aeroportus is used |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Now, in graduate school I was told that some 4,000 people |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Bingo. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. astronaut? cosmonaut? damn, somehow inadequate... |
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evilgenius602 (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. aeolo porto |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. Latin is not used as a common, everyday language anymore (it's dead, Jim) |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They also mixed with pre-Roman languages in the area |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. thank you. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The language didn't change overnight |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. thanks once again. I'll bookmark, |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Very nice. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Think "regional accents"... |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. It would be interesting to revive Latin, at least as a lingua franca |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. Not all the current EU members had |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. Non scio |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. metaseqoia glyptostrobides |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. because it's a written language now..not spoken |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. dead but damned useful |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. it's not really a dead language. but yet it is. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. blame it on the catholics! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. The last native Esperanto speaker, killed by the CIA? Do tell. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
32. Hey, we only need IV more votes for greatest page! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Aha, now we only need III |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. Because it conforms to the definition of "dead language", which is trivial to look up. |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. It is at times like these that I think of my favorite Latin phrase |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. god pickle us? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. II? Anyone? II more? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I came, I saw, I vote left. |
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spillthebeans (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
44. Even if you have Latin at school |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. Evolution in action |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. because nobody speaks it |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. So doctors and lawyers can charge us more? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. Because |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
50. Latin is NOT dead -- see for yourself: |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
52. ttt |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's not completely dead to those of us in Grex Latine Loquentium: |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. In Germany, you have to learn Latin to get into law school. |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. because latin is canonized |
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