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There are some interesting parallel texts and other resources for anyone interested, on this site: http://www.arlt.co.uk/dhtml/arlt_db.php?catID=8In addition, it gives details of the OBI award! The Ordo Barbaricae Ignorantiae (OBI) is awarded to people or institutions whose words or actions show an inexcusable ignorance of, or hostility to, the Classics.
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I would think that the UK would be the last bastion of Latin in the English-speaking world. Meanwhile, in the Finnish-speaking world (such as it is), we have a weekly news radio broadcast in Latin. A quote from The Economist: The Finnish Broadcasting Company (aka Radiophonia Finnica Generalis, or YLE) puts out a five-minute bulletin, “Nuntii Latini”, every week, and has done so for 14 years. The bulletins are broadcast worldwide, and are also collected and published as books. The conjunction of Latin with Finno-Ungaric makes for some bizarre listening and reading, as in Anneli Jäätteenmäki, quae munere ministri primarii a mense Aprili functa est, a praesidente Tarja Halonen dimissionem petivit et accepit.http://www.economist.com/diversions/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2281926... yet another example of the Great Vowel Movement at work.
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And I remember sitting in detention every friday afternoon during a Latin lesson in my junior high school (about ten years ago). However, I can't remember if this was just a passing experiment, or did the Latin teaching really continue... I do remember, that we weren't the only school in Tampere (approx. 200 000 inhabitants) were Latin was taught. And I guess that some of the workers' institutes in Finland do teach Latin as well. So Latin is alive and kicking here among the Northern barbarians  Thanks for the link AnnaStrophic, interesting article!
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