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| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6378 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes  Speaks: Latin* | Message 49 of 103 28 July 2007 at 5:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||
My first language was Visual Basic. Yet I found no option for it. :-( As for speaking Latin, I find it a pointless activity - as set out in my posts above... Hence no one has had a chance to establish my accent so far... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6378 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 50 of 103 28 July 2007 at 5:07am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Two excellent points! :-))) You've made my day. :-))) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6351 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 51 of 103 29 July 2007 at 11:04am | IP Logged | ||||||||
My parish priest in the States once told me about a time when he spoke Latin during his seminary years. Also, I'm told that there are some religious communities that continue to use Latin in everyday life, which is interesting. He, by the way, is a polyglot. He speaks 10 languages (naturally one of them is Latin). He also knows enough Church Slavonic (he's a Byzantine Catholic priest).
My purpose for learning to speak it is to gauge how much of a language I can learn to speak on my own. Since there aren't any native speakers of it, this seemed appropriate for me. Plus, it'll give me insights into modern Romance languages. Lastly, I was fascinated to hear about priests who currently go overseas and communicate with other clergymen in Latin (particularly bishops who still speak in Latin). While I doubt that will ever happen to me, I think it could prove to be useful for the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, if they ever decided to have synods with bishops from various countries. Using one language would be much easier than translating a whole bunch of them (which is exactly what happened in 2005). Edited by JasonChoi on 29 July 2007 at 11:20am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JasonChoi Diglot Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6351 days ago 274 posts - 298 votes Speaks: English*, Korean Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Latin | Message 52 of 103 29 July 2007 at 11:25am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Due to time, and personal/religious reasons, I've decided to limit my learning. I simply do not have enough time to study this language in depth right now because my life is not balanced, so I have to refocus all my priorities first.
Thus, for now, I will learn primiarily through religious content (Vulgate, Latin prayers, Tridentine Mass, etc). Everything else will be on hold. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6683 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 53 of 103 01 August 2007 at 10:28am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Interesting post from Ardaschir defending Latin:
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| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6378 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 54 of 103 04 August 2007 at 2:49pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
And what purpose is served by opposing these two completely unrelated quotes, pray tell?! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6683 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 55 of 103 05 August 2007 at 10:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Why are you so angered by that quote from Ardaschir? You said that speaking Latin is a pointless activity. I quoted a post from Ardaschir that defends Latin in today's world. I respect your views about Latin. I was just quoting how one person feels about Latin's importance. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| furyou_gaijin Senior Member Japan Joined 6378 days ago 540 posts - 631 votes Speaks: Latin* | Message 56 of 103 07 August 2007 at 5:49pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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[QUOTE=LilleOSC] Why are you so angered by that quote from Ardaschir?
You said that speaking Latin is a pointless activity. I quoted a post from Ardaschir that defends Latin in today's world. I respect your views about Latin. I was just quoting how one person feels about Latin's importance. [/ QUOTE] Hm... My original question is still not answered. Never mind, though. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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