Resurrexi Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1901495' date='Jun 25 2009, 05:41 PM']So you like a dead language more than a live one...[/quote] Formal English is not exactly dead, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote post='1901288' date='Jun 25 2009, 01:40 PM']It sounds like someone is mad because his Latin teacher gave him a bad grade.[/quote] Nope, never taken a class on Latin. The two things I detest the most are ignorance and the Latin language. That's why I see it fit to group the two together. [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] Yes, I agree! We need to stop bringing the language out of the grave. Let it rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='musturde' post='1901521' date='Jun 25 2009, 06:12 PM']Nope, never taken a class on Latin. The two things I detest the most are ignorance and the Latin language. That's why I see it fit to group the two together.[/quote] Why, then, do you hate Latin? Whether you like it or not, the Holy Roman Church will probably always use the sacred Latin language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901533' date='Jun 25 2009, 07:23 PM']Why, then, do you hate Latin? Whether you like it or not, the Holy Roman Church will probably always use the sacred Latin language.[/quote] That may be true, but just to spite you I'm going to use any power I might attain in the future to change that. Edited June 26, 2009 by musturde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='missionseeker' post='1901041' date='Jun 25 2009, 01:27 AM']It's annoying, sometimes.[/quote] Only sometimes? [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1901176' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:54 AM']Why do I continue to open Res's threads in the hope that they will be about something... anything.... else? [/quote] We haven't given up hope that he will broaden his horizons? [quote name='rachael' post='1901185' date='Jun 25 2009, 10:25 AM']Because you [i]want[/i] to believe.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='musturde' post='1901568' date='Jun 25 2009, 07:45 PM']That may be true, but just to spite you I'm going to use any power I might attain in the future to change that.[/quote] If I get married, my children will all go to daily Mass celebrated in Latin, and they will all study Latin academically. If I am ordained a priest, every Mass that I ever celebrate (and every hour of the Divine Office that I pray) will be in Latin. If I do not get married or become a priest, I have considered a career as a Latin professor. No matter what I do with my life, my efforts to spread Latin will at least quadruple whatever you do to suppress it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone _ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1901386' date='Jun 25 2009, 02:32 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] I used to be able to say, "coagulated milk in my pants makes me happy" in several languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='musturde' post='1901568' date='Jun 25 2009, 08:45 PM']That may be true, but just to spite you I'm going to use any power I might attain in the future to change that.[/quote] Old Church Slavonic, being the liturgical tongue of the true faith, rather than the apostate Church of the franks, is the absolute climax of linguistic perfection in my correct opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901014' date='Jun 24 2009, 11:07 PM']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] What is it a bastardization of? The archaic syntax which itself was a bastardization of Old English? And what are you doing when you, I assume, say "you go" rather than "thou goeth"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1901632' date='Jun 25 2009, 08:43 PM']What is it a bastardization of? The archaic syntax which itself was a bastardization of Old English? And what are you doing when you, I assume, say "you go" rather than "thou goeth"?[/quote] The present active indicative second person singular form of the verb [i]to go[/i] would be [i]goest[/i]. If thou art going to conjugate Early Modern English verbs, prithee, do so correctly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901635' date='Jun 25 2009, 08:48 PM']The present active indicative second person singular form of the verb [i]to go[/i] would be [i]goest[/i]. If thou art going to conjugate Early Modern English verbs, prithee, do so correctly! [/quote] jerk I'm sure you're correct about the conjugation, however I'm not sure that was the main point of my comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) I like Latin but I dont think it is sacred or above any other language. In fact it is a dead language, that is why it is theologically useful. Because it is dead it's use evades ambiguity. I'm all for good grammar, but not grammar policing. The only grammar policing I do is correcting 'have went' to 'have gone.' Besides- slicing and dicing the english language up is fun. Poetry suspends the rules of grammar in pursuit of expressing the unfathomable. Edited June 26, 2009 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1901652' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:03 PM']jerk I'm sure you're correct about the conjugation, however I'm not sure that was the main point of my comment.[/quote] It is true that all languages do evolve and develop, but that does not mean that one should not follow the rules of correct grammar in his language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901591' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:02 PM']If I get married, my children will all go to daily Mass celebrated in Latin, and they will all study Latin academically. If I am ordained a priest, every Mass that I ever celebrate (and every hour of the Divine Office that I pray) will be in Latin. If I do not get married or become a priest, I have considered a career as a Latin professor. No matter what I do with my life, my efforts to spread Latin will at least quadruple whatever you do to suppress it.[/quote] [quote name='Hassan' post='1901617' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:25 PM']Old Church Slavonic, being the liturgical tongue of the true faith, rather than the apostate Church of the franks, is the absolute climax of linguistic perfection in my correct opinion. [/quote] I applaud thy audacity. [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901635' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:48 PM']The present active indicative second person singular form of the verb [i]to go[/i] would be [i]goest[/i]. If thou art going to conjugate Early Modern English verbs, prithee, do so correctly! [/quote] We must bringeth back olde English! This modern confusion of singular and plural third person is irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1901635' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:48 PM']The present active indicative second person singular form of the verb [i]to go[/i] would be [i]goest[/i]. If thou art going to conjugate Early Modern English verbs, prithee, do so correctly! [/quote] Right, but it has to rhyme with "ghost" - it's NOT pronounced "go-est" - only the Middle Age-edly illiterate would make THAT old gaffe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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