Some of us need to whore ourselves out to college because not all of us get amazing grades and have parents that work at the number one university in the nation.
I'm not saying I am whoring myself out...but...sucking up should work to some degree.
I took French by the way and I think that though French, Spanish and other romance languages have many root words too that would help you on the SAT's (and French did to some extent), I think the chances of Latin helping you out is a lot higher than any other language.
actually, not every word. starting an argument by saying something is "stupid" and "retarded" basically discredits the entire explanation that follows it, although i still agree with it. your point would be much stronger if you worded it in a more mature way.
it is a beautiful language and has interesting stuff written in it, some of which loses a lot in translation. and it's kinda like a puzzle, and best of all, it follows rules but still has a flexibility to it that makes it unique, not only as a language, but also in how each author uses it.
"and best of all, it follows rules but still has a flexibility to it that makes it unique, not only as a language, but also in how each author uses it."
The above applies to Every language I've ever studied: French, Italian, Spanish, English and German. I've also taken the liberty to ask other people, and they've added Japanese and Portuguese to the list. Thus, that point is null and void.
Ok, so Latin's a puzzle, so is French to somebody who doesn't speak it well. So again, point void.
It's a beautiful language and interesting stuff is written in it. So are countless other languages, but you'll never speak latin. So basically, you've proved to me that Latin is like most other languages, but has the little downside of not being spoken.
je ne discute pas que la francais et aussi bien, j'adore la langue. et en general, j'aime bien toutes les langues, et je veux bien apprendre toutes que tu as enumere. i was pointing out that latin is not the boring old useless 'dead' language a lot of people think it is. language doesn't have to be just about speaking, otherwise why would anyone have bothered writing it down? yes, if you're going to visit/live in a (for example) french-speaking country, it's useful to be able to speak french. but that's not the only reason to learn a language, because languages usually reflect some kind of aggregate thought process or culture. not to mention what you learn about yourself in the process. i'm not saying that learning a language for the reasons you listed is right, i totally agree with you on that, but i think assuming that there are no other reasons to learn a language is a mistake. i'm arguing with your contention that "Latin is stupid. I'm sure that when people spoke it, it was fine, but now, it's retarded. Why would you
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I take Latin cuz I hate French. Why do you do quantum physics if you cared so much about practicality? I actually like Latin. And I'm sure you're doing quantum physics cuz you like it, not for college (at least I hope not). I have yet to see an average person talking about quantum physics (just as people don't speak Latin).
When knowing Latin has the potential to make a theoretically inifinitely powerful computer let me know. Until then I'm gonna stick with Quantum Physics.
Ok... you hate French? So why not take Spanish? Or Italian? Is it that you hate Romance Languages (Like Latin), then take German, Jap? So that first sentence makes no arguement for you, exept that you don't like French.
Why do I study quantum physics? Because I'm good at it, and it'll get me a job which pays very well, and a grab at fame (published works of vital importance)... where can a career with Latin go Fred? You could teach more Latin I suppose, nothing wrong with that. Tell my Fred, do you see yourself teaching latin? I don't.
Andy pretty much answers the last part... I don't care what people think of Physics, it can do things, make things better, you know, solve the energy problem... can you think of ANY situation in which latin will solve a large world problem?
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I'm not saying I am whoring myself out...but...sucking up should work to some degree.
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The above applies to Every language I've ever studied: French, Italian, Spanish, English and German. I've also taken the liberty to ask other people, and they've added Japanese and Portuguese to the list.
Thus, that point is null and void.
Ok, so Latin's a puzzle, so is French to somebody who doesn't speak it well. So again, point void.
It's a beautiful language and interesting stuff is written in it. So are countless other languages, but you'll never speak latin. So basically, you've proved to me that Latin is like most other languages, but has the little downside of not being spoken.
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So that first sentence makes no arguement for you, exept that you don't like French.
Why do I study quantum physics? Because I'm good at it, and it'll get me a job which pays very well, and a grab at fame (published works of vital importance)... where can a career with Latin go Fred? You could teach more Latin I suppose, nothing wrong with that. Tell my Fred, do you see yourself teaching latin? I don't.
Andy pretty much answers the last part... I don't care what people think of Physics, it can do things, make things better, you know, solve the energy problem... can you think of ANY situation in which latin will solve a large world problem?
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