A Dead Language That’s Very Much Alive
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Source: The New York Times
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — The Latin class at Isaac E. Young Middle School here was reading a story the other day with a familiar ring: Boy annoys girl, girl scolds boy. Only in this version, the characters were named Sextus and Cornelia, and they argued in L
johnslat
about 1 month ago
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I was fortunate(?) enough to have taken six years of Latin (and two of ancient Greek) back when I was in (parochial) schools.
It helped me greatly not only with English and French, but it also sparked a life-long interest in history and the classics of Greece and Rome.
patomin
about 1 month ago
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I took Latin in High School along with Spanish, French and English (lol). Latin was extremely difficult for me, but it did make me examine English grammar more closely. Sadly, I did not retain much of the material due to lack of use.
MisterD
about 1 month ago
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There seems to be a pretty strong correlation (anecdotally in my experience anyway) between having taken Latin and academic success.
sanmccarron
about 1 month ago
1078 comments
They have added Latin to the list of foreign languages at our school. They eliminated Health, Accounting, and Family Programs. But we have Latin.
Deven
about 1 month ago
564 comments
With Latin being the base of all the romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese) and a major contributor to English, studying Latin is a first-class way to expand one's vocabulary. I wish they taught it when I was in school.