observer Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Is education in the classics and an ability to read and write Latin or ancient Greek essential to our education system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 There are only five important Classics, the 1000gns, 2000gns, Oaks, Derby & St Leger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 The only Latin that I can think of that is used with any regularity, Is in the naming of garden birds : Turdus merula (Blackbird) or garden plants. Oh and fishes: tinca tinca (Tench). The use of Latin in such as those lised above, was to make them more universally recogniseable. A plant ending with the letter" i" is a male. A plant ending with the letters (ii) is a female. Or it could be the other way around. Do I think it is essential to learn Latin? for some proffessions yes, but for the likes of me, naaahhh is it eck as like. I was born thick, and I find it very comfortable ta very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 no more essential than english i would think listening to some of the people round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Yer wha ?? Incidentally, I knew a lad who had bad difficulty in reading and writing. He was allways bottom of his class at school. But he used to sell spark plugs and engine oil to the teachers. One day a certain teacher said to him: Brown, one of these days you will either be a millionare, or you will end up in jail. He ended up as a millionare selling second hand car parts to third world countries. I'm bi lingual. I can speak double Dutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Seems many Classics Professors are now retiring, and the number of Uni places is reducing, thus a campaign to promote Latin/a Greek in the curriculum. Opponents argue, that such dead languages are irrelevent to modern economic needs, and the teaching of Mandarin or Hindi would prove more usefull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Latin and Greek do give you an insight into the formation of many English words. I didn't do either at school but have picked up a little through other avenues and have discovered that it often helps with knowing what english words mean and why they are spelled in strange ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 The only Latin phrase I know is 'Letus play dominoes' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 nocci nagen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evil Sid Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 carpe jugulum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 membrum erectus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Quisque comoedus est! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 ET TU BRUTI?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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