................ own up.

Did YOU learn Latin at your school?

(Private, Convent or other)

Mike

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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

Yes

Pam in Bristol

In article ,
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'


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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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.
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

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.


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Phil Cook

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

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, 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

"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message
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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



Even more than you think unless you saw last night's news ;-)

A little matter of Tax again

Mike

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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In article ,
says...

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


You've missed the second line:

Caesar ad sum jam fote, Brutus aderat
Caesar sic in omnibus, Brutus sic in at!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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

In article , mogga
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 ...........
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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