Latin, and those who speak it...

[zenbooty]

Latin is dead, and people who go around rifling off Latin phrases are pretentious, conceited "intellectuals" who like to impress themselves with their "obviously superior" grasp of language. I remember the kids who were in the classics club learning that drivel. They were always the smarmiest, Biff and Dotty type geeks.

So there.

[topane]

Failed your Latin exam, eh?

[fakesurfers]

I cheated:

http://w1.871.telia.com/~u87112797/show-off.html#breves

I made the unfortunate mistake of taking French in high school and college :puke:

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by zenbooty
Latin is dead, and people who go around rifling off Latin phrases are pretentious, conceited "intellectuals" who like to impress themselves with their "obviously superior" grasp of language. I remember the kids who were in the classics club learning that drivel. They were always the smarmiest, Biff and Dotty type geeks.

So there.

I sense a little bit of bitterness here.

[coleslaw]

I took fives years of Latin and I feel that it has increased my vocabulary skills quite considerably. However, I didn't go around yelling, Carthago delinda est! at every opportunity I had... just some :D

[styleee]

the only latin i know is the kind you would find on a farm.
(that wasn't even funny.)

i've actually been doing that alot lately, saying things that are so NOT funny, and then laughing at myself for saying it.

or, maybe, i'm just losing my mind.

[fakesurfers]

Originally posted by coleslaw
I took fives years of Latin and I feel that it has increased my vocabulary skills quite considerably. However, I didn't go around yelling, Carthago delinda est! at every opportunity I had... just some :D

Praeterea censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

[topane]

Originally posted by styleee
or, maybe, i'm just losing my mind. I think that's probably it :D

[hapoo]

Dont make me break out the Farsi on your ass! :johnwoo2:

[cruelpupet]

Originally posted by zenbooty
Latin is dead, and people who go around rifling off Latin phrases are pretentious, conceited "intellectuals" who like to impress themselves with their "obviously superior" grasp of language. I remember the kids who were in the classics club learning that drivel. They were always the smarmiest, Biff and Dotty type geeks.

So there.

Latin is still a very useful language. I only took it for 1 semester, but i believe it has helped my vocabulary. I come across latin constantly in my Philosophy classes, and my old roomate had to know some of it for his biology classes. Maybe you should think before making an ignorant statement like that. But thats just my opinion.

[zenbooty]

Originally posted by cruelpupet
Latin is still a very useful language. I only took it for 1 semester, but i believe it has helped my vocabulary. I come across latin constantly in my Philosophy classes, and my old roomate had to know some of it for his biology classes. Maybe you should think before making an ignorant statement like that. But thats just my opinion.

Ignorant!?

You sound like one of those pretentious Biff-type geeks to me!

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by zenbooty

Originally posted by cruelpupet
Latin is still a very useful language. I only took it for 1 semester, but i believe it has helped my vocabulary. I come across latin constantly in my Philosophy classes, and my old roomate had to know some of it for his biology classes. Maybe you should think before making an ignorant statement like that. But thats just my opinion.

Ignorant!?

You sound like one of those pretentious Biff-type geeks to me!

a lot of people with a little latin are pretty friggin pretentious, but i have found my latin useful time and time again, and i love etymology, linguistics, dead languages, and i don't think i've ever inserted gratuitous foreign words or phrases into any of my speaking or writing ... in fact, i tend to keep it all to myself for fear of ridicule.

i'm neither biffy nor dottyish, so please don't hate me.

[GraingerGuy]

It's all about singing in Latin! (ok.......so it's not.......I like singing in other languages much better, like Italian)

[cruelpupet]

Originally posted by zenbooty

Originally posted by cruelpupet
Latin is still a very useful language. I only took it for 1 semester, but i believe it has helped my vocabulary. I come across latin constantly in my Philosophy classes, and my old roomate had to know some of it for his biology classes. Maybe you should think before making an ignorant statement like that. But thats just my opinion.

Ignorant!?

You sound like one of those pretentious Biff-type geeks to me!

Well there always is the possibility that people seem pretentious to you, because you possess a less than average intelligence. Now I'm not saying that it is the only reason, just a possibility.

[Edited by cruelpupet on 04-12-2001 at 11:41 AM]

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by cruelpupet

Well there always is the possibility, that people seem pretentious to you, because you posess a less than average intelligence. Now Im not saying that it is the only reason, just a possibility.

hmm... and yet, zenbooty's sentence structure, punctuation and spelling are so much better than cruelpupet's...

[cruelpupet]

Sorry, but I had not gone to sleep yet when that was posted at 7AM!