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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6704 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 12 01 October 2010 at 10:57am | IP Logged | ||
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This thread got a bad start, but it is not irrelevant.
The most logical place to look for Latin speaking youngsters would be in monasteries, but I doubt that there are any Latin speaking monasteries left. In the absence of such institutions the nextmost logical place to search would be in families with Latin speaking parents. I can't quote any actual names, but I have read at least one story about an overzealous professor who tried to teach his children Latin by only speaking in that language to them. Apparently they revolted, ordering him to speak 'like mum does'. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kaja Diglot Newbie Australia kajaesperanto.co.ccRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5171 days ago 17 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto | Message 10 of 12 01 October 2010 at 11:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Iversen, that's the trouble. I've read that story too, but there's no details, no sources, rarely even any
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| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5548 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 12 01 October 2010 at 12:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Assimil provides much greater input than Pimsleur for a fraction of the price. The format of the course is completely different from Pimsleur. I appreciate that opinions can differ, but it would be hard to find a less accurate statement than that! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 12 of 12 01 October 2010 at 4:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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There are still certain sects where all services are in Latin, and many of these people want their young kids to learn Latin. There's got to be some who put their kids in some sort of immersion situation. But Latin was dead. Is dead. Even if you make it a kid's native language, it's still not the real thing. All the spoken Latin I've heard was spoken with some accent that was readily noticeable (German, etc.).
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