Gaius Octavius Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Latin is alive and well in Finland. So is Elvis Presley. He is singing in Latin there. The Finns are reporting the news in Latin on the radio. Big slug of their population speaks Latin. Compliments of the BBC. Won't be long before the Vatican sets up headquarters there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Aren't there still a few villages scattered in northern Italy, near the alps I think, that still speak Latin as a first language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Aren't there still a few villages scattered in northern Italy, near the alps I think, that still speak Latin as a first language? That would be interesting to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Aren't there still a few villages scattered in northern Italy, near the alps I think, that still speak Latin as a first language? Close, but no cigar. There is a Rhaeto-Romance dialect/language named Ladin, which is spoken in the Italian Alps; more can be found here This should not be confused with the Judeo-Spanish which is spoken by the peoples whose ancestors were booted out of Spain in the late 15th and early 16th century by the Catholic Royals; they call their language Lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) Latin is alive and well in Finland. So is Elvis Presley. He is singing in Latin there. The Finns are reporting the news in Latin on the radio. Big slug of their population speaks Latin. Compliments of the BBC. Won't be long before the Vatican sets up headquarters there. And not just in Finland, but also in cyberspace. Keep on reading the Latin Vicipaedia because it's growing all the time. Mind you, it needs editors as well as readers -- the Latin isn't always perfect. I added Petronius yesterday. Did I get anything wrong? Edited October 29, 2006 by Andrew Dalby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 And not just in Finland, but also in cyberspace. Keep on reading the Latin Vicipaedia because it's growing all the time. Mind you, it needs editors as well as readers -- the Latin isn't always perfect. I addedPetronius yesterday. Did I get anything wrong? Yup, A.D., you imply that I know something, anything, about Latin! Barely speak English! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 And not just in Finland, but also in cyberspace. Keep on reading the Latin Vicipaedia because it's growing all the time. Mind you, it needs editors as well as readers -- the Latin isn't always perfect. I added Petronius yesterday. Did I get anything wrong? Yup, A.D., you imply that I know something, anything, about Latin! Barely speak English! I suspect, GO, that you are being modest (British fashion) about your Latin. As for your English: on evidence available to me, a pure and classic dialect of our mother tongue is spoken in Brookfordshiresexingham ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) As I told a mutual friend Friday, it is the one and only English 'dialect' universally understood. Edited November 4, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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