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Shippinator Mandy wrote:

Does anyone else here think that Latin ISN'T a useless language?

Like Ace said, it's the basis of most modern languages, such as Spanish, French, Italian, and English. That and Greek. Not only that, but several professions (legal, medical, philosophical, literary, etc.) still use Latin terminology. So no. It's not useless at all.

Indo-European
-Germanic
--West Germanic
---Anglo–Frisian
----Anglic
-----English

Does anyone else here think that Latin ISN'T a useless language?

Wrong. English gets its Latin influence primarily from French.

Capt. Ido Nos wrote:

He didn't like the idea, so AP Spanish it was :rolleyes:

I would never in my life even consider taking AP Spanish.

I hate foreign language.

Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.

Quote:

Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.

Lo! Of the Spear-Danes, in days of yore,
we have heard; of the glory of the people's kings,
how the noble ones did deeds of valour.

:What's he saying?
^Pretend that's Fox

It's actually Fox Headroom.

ChickenLeg wrote:

:What's he saying?
^Pretend that's Fox

Why wouldn't it actually be Fox? :-|

Wrong. English gets its Latin influence primarily from French.

...there are too many terms in our language that originate in Latin.

Author:	LordQuackingstick [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:08 pm ]
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Didymus wrote: Shippinator Mandy wrote: Does anyone else here think that Latin ISN'T a useless language? Like Ace said, it's the basis of most modern languages, such as Spanish, French, Italian, and English. That and Greek. Not only that, but several professions (legal, medical, philosophical, literary, etc.) still use Latin terminology. So no. It's not useless at all. English isn't based off Latin.

Author:	sci-fi greg [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:15 pm ]
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Yes, yes it is.

Author:	LordQuackingstick [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:18 pm ]
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No, no it isn't. Languages based off of Latin are known as Romantic languages. English is a Germanic language.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:20 pm ]
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Freaking Wikipedia wrote: Indo-European -Germanic --West Germanic ---Anglo–Frisian ----Anglic -----English ...but Latin is related to English...

Author:	LordQuackingstick [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:21 pm ]
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Wrong. English gets its Latin influence primarily from French.

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Author:	Tess-chan [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:32 pm ]
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Shippinator Mandy wrote: Does anyone else here think that Latin ISN'T a useless language? Even if it was useless, I'd totally learn it. I've wanted to learn Latin for ages, but I don't really know why. Also, your Japanese teacher is stupid. I would've let you borrow mine. He's possibly one of the most awesome teachers in existance and there's no way you would've quit Japanese if you had him as your teacher.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:42 pm ]
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LordQuackingstick wrote: Wrong. English gets its Latin influence primarily from French. That still means Latin is related to English... _________________ In response to extremejon09: I guess I'll just edit my posts again. _________________

Author:	ramrod [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:42 pm ]
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Acekirby wrote: Capt. Ido Nos wrote: He didn't like the idea, so AP Spanish it was I would never in my life even consider taking AP Spanish. I hate foreign language. I hate language in general. English the most.

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:45 pm ]
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thus-guy, Latin is related to English only because the French conquered England in 1066. There was still Old English before that happened: Quote: Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.

Author:	extremejon09 [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:20 pm ]
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We will stop posting until Random thoughts falls to second page. Starting now.

Author:	netzen [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:21 pm ]
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Was? Wer heir spreicht Deutsch??

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:23 pm ]
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Oh, you mean NOW?

Author:	netzen [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:23 pm ]
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NEIN! Random Thoughts will stand FOREVER!!!

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:29 pm ]
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That thread is for thoughts in foreign languages, not threads about foreign languages. Oh, you mean NOW? OK.

Author:	ChickenLeg [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:04 pm ]
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I kind of agree, exjon. But I do enjoy the online multiplayer. Except when whiny 10-year-olds dropout of a WiFi battle because he's losing and totally ends the session. Those guys suck.

Author:	Didymus [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:38 pm ]
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Here's just a few off the top of my head: Super (and just about any term that starts with it). In Latin, it means "over, above". Aquarium (that one's kinda obvious). Sole - comes from the term "sola", which means "only". How about some of these: vision, video, audio, magnify. People - from Latin populus. Voice - from Latin vox. Tremendous. Dominate.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:41 pm ]
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And on another unrelated note: What happened to this thread's ALL CAPS title? And the other thing is: Whenever I type a word that has a word beginning in the same letter after it, I type the second word at first.

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Author:	ChickenLeg [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:40 pm ]
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IantheGecko wrote: Quote: Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. :What's he saying? ^Pretend that's Fox

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:41 pm ]
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It's from Beowulf, an Old English epic poem. Translation wrote: Lo! Of the Spear-Danes, in days of yore, we have heard; of the glory of the people's kings, how the noble ones did deeds of valour.

Author:	extremejon09 [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:41 pm ]
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Last post.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:42 pm ]
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ChickenLeg wrote: :What's he saying? ^Pretend that's Fox Why wouldn't it actually be Fox?

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:42 pm ]
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It's actually Fox Headroom.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:46 pm ]
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IantheGecko wrote: It's actually Fox Headroom. IantheGecko wrote: It's actually Fox Headroom. ? Sorry, I'm a complete n00b.

Author:	IantheGecko [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:50 pm ]
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That was a pun on Max Headroom. Look him up.

Author:	ChickenLeg [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:52 pm ]
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this-guy wrote: ChickenLeg wrote: :What's he saying? ^Pretend that's Fox Why wouldn't it actually be Fox? It's his dad, James. He comes to Fox in some sort of hallucination after killing Andross's brain. And also in Command in one of the missions.

Author:	extremejon09 [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:59 pm ]
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Star Fox Command was like a Trip to Fanfiction.net gone horribly, horribly, just like a trip to fanfiction.net.

Author:	Didymus [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:27 pm ]
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LordQuackingstick wrote: Wrong. English gets its Latin influence primarily from French. I'm gonna say you're wrong. You obviously have not studied either enough English or enough Latin. I've only studied a tiny bit of Latin myself (and theological Latin at that), but you'd be amazed at how many English terms come straight to us from Latin, or at the very least, show a great deal of Latin influence in them. My recommendation for you, Quackingstick, actually study the language sometime and see what I'm talking about. Oh, and I'm not talking about language family classifications. I'm talking about actual terms. English may not be a Romance language, but, as I said before, there are too many terms in our language that originate in Latin.

Author:	this-guy [ Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:32 pm ]
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Didymus wrote: ...there are too many terms in our language that originate in Latin. Which ones? I agree with you, I just have no Funk idea which ones.