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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:10 AM Original message |
Does anyone here speak a dead language? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. If you are interested |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks for that tip. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Excellent book |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. used to be the catholics-et cum spirit tu tuo |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sanskrit got me into trouble once... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. My mom teaches Latin. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. How cool! |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Greek and Latin |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Firesign Theater |
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OldEurope (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ceterum censeo regnum Bushium esse delendam. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I'm not up to that part yet. |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. i speak the language of truth nt |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 06:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. LOL...good one...I speak English, and bush is trying his damndest... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Latin for this grrrl |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. yup |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. All right! |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. I am proficient in Morse Code. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Do you go to Morse Code conversation hours to keep it fluent? |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. I know a bit of esperanto, which was never really a live language |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. I speak Sumerian. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. I took five semesters of it in college |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. I speak Elvish... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. How much Latin do you read and write? |
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LibLabUK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. Cool! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Matella est mater. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. Gaelic. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yes! I taught Latin at the high school level |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. I speak Persian |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. How about Farsi? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Farsi and persian are two different |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Farsi and persian are two different |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Isn't Farsi to Persian what Italian is to Latin? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I would say that is a good comparison! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Just curious: what made you study Persian? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Nooooo... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Interesting! |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. It is urdu.... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. I speak late 60s English |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Gear! |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Far out1 Another speaker. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I'm hep to the lingo, cat! It's my bag! Sock it to me! |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. Does piglatin count??? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Oh |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. I speak Freeper |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. APL, Algol, Fortran. (nt) |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Oooh I speak fortran. |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Latin and I suppose you could consider Hebrew dead...n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Biblical Hebrew is dead, I guess. |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
46. I can sing my country tis of thee in latin |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I did the Cambridge Latin Course at school... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I wish I could get the tapes. |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I only ever took a 6 weeks workshop in latin |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
52. Dipped a foot in Scottish Gaelic |
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Guy_Montag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. There's still a few thousand people speak Scottish Gaelic |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
54. Quidquid Latine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. Speak? Latin. Read & Write? Breton, Manx, & Irish Gaelic |
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