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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:02 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Mike Yes Pam in Bristol |
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says... ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Mike Yes, Go an A at O-level I seem to remember. Can still recite bits of the Homer we studied "expectata dies aderat, nonameque sereneman" (Not sure about the spelling tho' -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:02 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Mike Yes. Worcester Grammar School for Girls. Only for 3 years I think though. We had to write jokes in latin. Fecit in britannium is one I remember. A friend translated the two irish men sat on the floor and one fell off though. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On 22/01/2012 11:42, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In , says... ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? Yes, Go an A at O-level I seem to remember. Can still recite bits of the Homer we studied "expectata dies aderat, nonameque sereneman" (Not sure about the spelling tho' Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Is apparently from Cicero. -- Phil Cook |
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 'Mike' wrote:
............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? Yes! For seven years at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://rance.org.uk |
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On 21/01/12 17:15, 'Mike' wrote:
............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Yes. Caesar adsum jam forte. Pompey aderat. (Schoolboy joke, in case you didn't know.) Hugh Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org |
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"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message ... On 21/01/12 17:15, 'Mike' wrote: ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Yes. Caesar adsum jam forte. Pompey aderat. (Schoolboy joke, in case you didn't know.) Hugh Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org Even more than you think unless you saw last night's news ;-) A little matter of Tax again Mike -- .................................... I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight. .................................... |
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:02 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: ............... own up. Did YOU learn Latin at your school? (Private, Convent or other) Mike Why did you ask? It's very useful for plant names, crosswords etc. Pam in Bristol |
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writes Yes. Worcester Grammar School for Girls. Only for 3 years I think though. Yes fast track Latin at St Helena's Girls Grammar school, Chesterfield. Did gce o level in 2 years rather than 4 . Wanted to do cookery or art though ........... -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , David Rance
writes Yes! For seven years at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. David Still a good school David and one that parents fight to get their son into. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Pam Moore
writes Why did you ask? It's very useful for plant names, crosswords etc. Pam in Bristol It's also excellent for knowing the meaning of obscure words if people are trying to confound you with long words! Once you know the meaning of the root of a word it's often easy to extrapolate the meaning of the actual word. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:38:16 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote: In article , Pam Moore writes Why did you ask? It's very useful for plant names, crosswords etc. Pam in Bristol It's also excellent for knowing the meaning of obscure words if people are trying to confound you with long words! Once you know the meaning of the root of a word it's often easy to extrapolate the meaning of the actual word. Latin students may appreciate this incident, in Bayeuux Cathedral a few years ago. We encountered a party of British school children with a master. "Look Sir it says Hic Jacet on this tombstone and it says the same on one over here". Master's reply, "Perhaps they were from the same family"! Now he had not learned Latin! Pam in Bristol |
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