Remind me why we learned latin in high school. Who were those Italic people - did they lean into things, thus developing Italics in fonts?
Latin influencing modern languages is excellent, but is it a reason to teach it as a major topic like science, mathematics, and so on?
"A firm foundation in Latin will help you learn new words while improving your English grammatical and structural knowledge."
And what careers you can pursue with a degree in Latin? Someone came up with this list - I didn't.
Medical transcriptionist
Tour guide
Church secretary
Pastor
Translator
Heritage manager
Paralegal
Curator
I really think the tour guide career is entertaining.
All the terminology in the medical profession and there seems to be no requirement for latin. All the terminology in law, and there's no requirement there, so it seems.
Why think of Latin now? It is Christmas and there's Latin at this time of year, especially in tweets from the Pope. What might he say?
Felicem natalem Christi - Merry Christmas Christus natalis cantus - Christmas carol Class aptent praesens - Christmas present vigil Nativitatis Domini - Christmas Eve
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