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To: nickcarraway
Latin’s stability makes it unique among languages still in use. Although centuries ago its grammar and vocabulary became essentially frozen (thus earning the designation “dead”)...

No ebonics and other bad grammar being passed off as "new slang" or dialect?

3 posted on 12/05/2004 7:19:07 PM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: weegee

WEll, Latin did have it's slang -- Vulgate. And that language developed into Italian, Spanish, French etc. (and English derives a lot from French). High Latin is thought to have been a lot harder -- so, instead of pronouncing CAesar as in modern Italin -- Che zaare, it would be more like German -- Kaizer


118 posted on 12/06/2004 6:58:10 AM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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To: weegee

Caesar fidem scit.


162 posted on 12/06/2004 8:28:33 AM PST by Peelod (Perversion is not festive)
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