Luigi Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1901299' date='Jun 25 2009, 01:56 PM']I hope it wasn't dogma, because then I'd be a heretic. I prefer the original languages of Scripture and the tongue Our Lord and Our Lady spoke at home to the main language of the pagan country our earliest religious leaders settled down in. So - Aramaic one, Greek two, Hebrew three, Latin four, Dutch five. I'll call Pope Benedict to have this sorted out.[/quote] This is really getting good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Luigi' post='1901379' date='Jun 25 2009, 11:26 PM']This is really getting good![/quote] I'm in the process of learning Italian, it'll get added to the list once I can say more than "this is not a backpack, this is my uncle"*. *actually a sentence that I had to learn. After "this is not a painting frame, this is a student." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piano_freak184 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1901354' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:31 PM']Heh. I have a friend who has been speaking to his child in Latin earlier than 3. I guess he's hoping to make him bi-lingual... like, he would only speak to him in Latin. The mother would speak in English.[/quote] That's cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bus Station Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 This thread should be in the lame board. Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1901354' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:31 PM']Heh. I have a friend who has been speaking to his child in Latin earlier than 3. I guess he's hoping to make him bi-lingual... like, he would only speak to him in Latin. The mother would speak in English.[/quote] Micah and I want to teach the kiddos Latin. Some Catholic schools begin teaching Latin at very early ages (k5 or 1st) because it helps to build grammar skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piano_freak184 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='The Bus Station' post='1901395' date='Jun 25 2009, 04:40 PM']This thread should be in the lame board. Just sayin.[/quote] Nahh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1901354' date='Jun 25 2009, 02:31 PM']Heh. I have a friend who has been speaking to his child in Latin earlier than 3. I guess he's hoping to make him bi-lingual... like, he would only speak to him in Latin. The mother would speak in English.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incarnatewordsister Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901288' date='Jun 25 2009, 01:40 PM'][i]Mistress[/i], as in, "My mistress commanded me to milk the cows after I had made breakfast for her family."[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incarnatewordsister Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1901386' date='Jun 25 2009, 04:32 PM']I'm in the process of learning Italian, it'll get added to the list once I can say more than "this is not a backpack, this is my uncle"*. *actually a sentence that I had to learn. After "this is not a painting frame, this is a student."[/quote] When I used to teach Spanish I would hear some interesting things. Like for example "perro "(dog) instead of "pero" (but) One girl was trying to say that she went out to eat with her Sister to Chilli's and ended up saying she ate her Sister with chilli. And I stoically did not laugh hysterically. I probably did the same with Italian. (I'm still learning) Edited June 25, 2009 by incarnatewordsister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Woah, this thread is suddenly about Latin. What annoys me the most is bad spelling. Especially the type that is somewhat intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901014' date='Jun 25 2009, 01:07 AM']I recently have discovered a website called [url="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/"]Grammar Girl[/url]. Grammar Girl gives weekly grammar tips. I have discovered, though, that these ought not to be called helpful tips, but rather deceitful tricks. Not only does she permit [i]you[/i] to be used as an indefinite pronoun, but she also allows split infinitives. Though trying to help her readers improve their writing, Grammar Girl actually is bastardizing our language. [/quote] Who made you the language police and who said the english grammer rules are set in stone? Only a dead language can't change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901436' date='Jun 25 2009, 05:46 PM'][/quote] Yep. My friend was almost a Benedictine. God bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1901444' date='Jun 25 2009, 04:53 PM']Who made you the language police and who said the english grammer rules are set in stone? Only a dead language can't change...[/quote] Like Cicero, I prefer the use of an excessively formalized written language different from that spoken by the plebeians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901462' date='Jun 26 2009, 01:12 AM']Like Cicero, I prefer the use of an excessively formalized written language different from that spoken by the plebeians.[/quote] I'll never be able to write that As I am a plebeian, the language I speak and write is plebs language. (Even though in Dutch I have a rather posh accent, unfortunately.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901462' date='Jun 25 2009, 07:12 PM']Like Cicero, I prefer the use of an excessively formalized written language different from that spoken by the plebeians.[/quote] So you like a dead language more than a live one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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