For the heck of it, I went on to Wikipedia and typed in "Latin" to see what came up (Wikipedia rocks for looking up the most random information). There is a substantial amount of information provided on the language. However, the coolest things I found were two of the links provided at the end of the page: Google Latin (click here) and Ephemeris (click here), a newspaper in Latin.
And has anyone (besides Dr. M, assuming) ever gone to a Catholic service in Latin? I'm not Catholic, but I would be interested in going to a service just for the experience. I can't imagine someone speaking Latin fluently (as humorous as that sounds). It would be cool though to whip out some Latin in an everyday conversation one day. I think I'll work on that.
Olivia H.
P.S. - In relation to class, I am not a fan of the comparative. Hopefully before the midterm I will be.
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Olivia---
here is your prayer answered, for only (!) $300. I am attaching an invitation to a Latin symposium, where you stay on thre premises and speak Latin ONLY for an entire week! This is what geeks like us do when they got money to spare! See the invite below, if you can understand the Latin:
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From: cbracdon RYAN [mailto:cbracdon@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:50 PM
To: Manolaraki, Eleni
Subject: Scholaribus Latinis nuntium magni momenti offertur
Donaldus Ryan Dominae Manolaraki salutem plurimam dicit.
In terra "floribus redimita," si liceat nobis Apuleii verba depromere, in ipsa civitate Florida, ubi exploratores Hispani quondam invenire aquarum fontes viventium conati sunt, sodales Familiae Sancti Hieronymi hoc anno convenient ut sapientiae flores carpant, eodem tempore flumen Latinitatis vivum libenter haurientes.
Cornelio Tacito mortuo, litterae Romanae haud omnino in obscuritatem taciturnam lapsae sunt, immo potius, ut bene scis, alii scriptores surrexerunt, opera sua habituum diversorum pulchritudine exarantes. Saeculorum decursu, singulas res historicas lustrantes, denique pervenimus "ad praesens" (quam phrasem, nisi fallor, alicubi Tacitus ipse usurpat). Nostro tempore vivit in Italia quidam magister famosus, nomine Aloysius (Luigi) Miraglia, qui modo Latino loquitur quasi ab incunabulis sic locutus esset. Anno MMIV apud nos in Cenaculo, ille Aloysius praeclarus acroases fecit, nos monens ne Latinitatem sicut cadaver, antiquitatis reliquias, tractaremus Sequentes hunc monitum necnon exemplum Patris Suitberti, qui Familiam Sancti Hieronmyi condidit, etiam hodierno tempore Latine loquamur!
Te quoque ad Cenaculum frequentandum cordialiter invitamus. Vide infra situm huic epistolio adligatum.
Optime valeas.
Donaldus
http://www.hieronymus.us/
LOL! I remember you mentioned something about this to me a while back, Prof. M! Sounds awesome!
But Olivia, your post reminds me... I was watching "Supernatural" (the "CW" tv program) the other day. They were trying to exorcise a demon and they were chanting in Latin (this was the episode "Born Under
A Bad Sign" for anyone else who might be familiar). I was trying to figure out what they were saying, but it was really difficult because they were speaking so quickly and their accents were very different from Prof. M's (and of course, it might not have been *real* Latin they were chanting). I, being a nerd *and* a geek, rewound the episode several times though, trying to see if repeated viewings would make the Latin any clearer. I heard "omnia" or "omnis" probably about a dozen times, and maybe a "domine" or two but that was about it.
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