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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:11 am
Strideo dictionary cur (kûr) n.1. A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. 2. A base or cowardly person.
Latin isn't dead: it's dormant!
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:15 am
GigglyGal Strideo dictionary cur (kûr) n.1. A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. 2. A base or cowardly person.
Latin isn't dead: it's dormant!Volcano! wahmbulance Evacuate!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:16 am
zphal_girl87 GigglyGal Strideo dictionary cur (kûr) n.1. A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. 2. A base or cowardly person.
Latin isn't dead: it's dormant!Volcano! wahmbulance Evacuate!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:54 pm
GigglyGal Strideo dictionary cur (kûr) n.1. A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. 2. A base or cowardly person.
Latin isn't dead: it's dormant!then it's dying......
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:38 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:11 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:46 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:41 am
GemEncrustedEarth GigglyGal Strideo dictionary cur (kûr) n.1. A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. 2. A base or cowardly person.
Latin isn't dead: it's dormant!then it's dying......
Even though Latin today made me pretty depressive.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:56 am
What was the estimated peak population of latin speakers in antiquity? What is the estimated population of persons capable of speaking latin now?
It would be interesting to see. I bet there are more people who can speak Latin now than there were at least 100 years ago so one could argue that the language is growing. It is also most likely that far fewer speak it now than when it was actually used in antiquity so it could be argued that it is dead/dying or perhaps just lingering.
Latin, the lingering language for loony literate locals looking for interesting linguistics! >_<
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:18 am
Strideo What was the estimated peak population of latin speakers in antiquity? What is the estimated population of persons capable of speaking latin now? It would be interesting to see. I bet there are more people who can speak Latin now than there were at least 100 years ago so one could argue that the language is growing. It is also most likely that far fewer speak it now than when it was actually used in antiquity so it could be argued that it is dead/dying or perhaps just lingering. Latin, the lingering language for loony literate locals looking for interesting linguistics! >_<
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:23 am
GigglyGal Strideo What was the estimated peak population of latin speakers in antiquity? What is the estimated population of persons capable of speaking latin now? It would be interesting to see. I bet there are more people who can speak Latin now than there were at least 100 years ago so one could argue that the language is growing. It is also most likely that far fewer speak it now than when it was actually used in antiquity so it could be argued that it is dead/dying or perhaps just lingering. Latin, the lingering language for loony literate locals looking for interesting linguistics! >_< Not exactly. sweatdrop Following the premise of such an argument would also allow us to say that Anglo-Saxon is alive and flourishing because so many people speak English but most people can't understand Old English just as most speakers of Romanic languages can't understand Latin. Sure we can pick out words and phrases of these respective languages but that doesn't mean we speak the language.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:51 pm
Strideo GigglyGal Strideo What was the estimated peak population of latin speakers in antiquity? What is the estimated population of persons capable of speaking latin now? It would be interesting to see. I bet there are more people who can speak Latin now than there were at least 100 years ago so one could argue that the language is growing. It is also most likely that far fewer speak it now than when it was actually used in antiquity so it could be argued that it is dead/dying or perhaps just lingering. Latin, the lingering language for loony literate locals looking for interesting linguistics! >_< Not exactly. sweatdrop Following the premise of such an argument would also allow us to say that Anglo-Saxon is alive and flourishing because so many people speak English but most people can't understand Old English just as most speakers of Romanic languages can't understand Latin. Sure we can pick out words and phrases of these respective languages but that doesn't mean we speak the language.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:27 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:15 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:21 am
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