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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 NPR article re Latin #209514 02/11/13 10:08 PM 02/11/13 10:08 PM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Seattle,Washington, USA J JoeInSeattle OP stranger JoeInSeattle   OP stranger J Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Seattle,Washington, USA Interesting http://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171715707/how-to-pick-a-pope-with-latin-subtitles Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: JoeInSeattle] #209519 02/11/13 10:39 PM 02/11/13 10:39 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK That's all very well, Joe, and to be sure, Latin isn't used very much as a medium of contemporary communication, these days. However, it is a very living - and lively - language in Vatican City. The inhabitants therein are from all over the world, and Latin is still the lingua franca for most of the people who work there. The resident population is just over 800 but there are round about 3000 people who work there, but live elsewhere. A significant proportion of these, I think, will have to speak Latin to some extent. And the language is evolving to cope with the modern world, including all sorts of neolisms. There are Latin words and pgrases for television, automobiles, zip-fasteners, smart phones - you name it! So, to call it a "moribund language," as the article does, is not strictly true I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209524 02/12/13 04:05 AM 02/12/13 04:05 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Continuity is what the use of Latin is all about. The magnitude of this event transcends casual wordings. Christianity with it's message of unequivocal love for sinners and believers alike is why we are free. May God bless The Pope and Billy Billy Graham and maybe Mohammed. Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: JoeInSeattle] #209534 02/12/13 03:10 PM 02/12/13 03:10 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont oy. formerly known as etaoin... Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: JoeInSeattle] #209536 02/12/13 04:20 PM 02/12/13 04:20 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I ran across this BBC Radio 4 chat on how the Catholic Church is "into social media in a big way". Includes two different renderings of "tweet" in Latin: (the Vatican's) pagina publica breviloquentis and (Peter Jones) pipiatio (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: zmjezhd] #209539 02/12/13 05:23 PM 02/12/13 05:23 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water A phrase from back in my 8 years of Latin: It killed Caesar and it's killing me. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: JoeInSeattle] #209549 02/12/13 09:56 PM 02/12/13 09:56 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont semper ubi sub ubi formerly known as etaoin... Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] #209552 02/12/13 11:26 PM 02/12/13 11:26 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water I had in my Latin book: Ubi,ubi sunt meum sub ubi. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: LukeJavan8] #209553 02/13/13 12:24 PM 02/13/13 12:24 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 My used Latin book had the phrase eat more possum written in the back cover. I still haven't really translated that one to my satisfaction. The closest I've gotten is "If he go by means of custom, I can." Re: NPR article re Latin [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209585 02/15/13 07:54 PM 02/15/13 07:54 PM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Seattle,Washington, USA J JoeInSeattle OP stranger JoeInSeattle   OP stranger J Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Seattle,Washington, USA That's interesting about Latin's use in Vatican City. I didn't think that moribund was all that appropriate, either, since Latin gives birth to new words. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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