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[Misc] Can anyone on here speak Latin ?
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studio150
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My German is restricted to aus and handed hoch from watching too many WWII films. Doesn't get me very far In modern day Germany
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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That explains an awful lot
We all took the Latin O Level a year early (along with Eng Lang). It was all part of the L stream process and the pathway to Oxbridge. Unfortunately I decided to take the fifth form a tad easy, and ended up getting grade 1s in only 3 subjects, and failed French, ending up with a disappointing eleven passes (grade 1-6). I think the system went from 1-6 to A-C the following year (when I got a B in art, taken as a lunchtime subject in the lower sixth). So you must be a couple of years younger than me. Like @Shuggie
Quickly, you don't remember the words "Schnell, Schnell!"?
Publius Ovidius
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Had to do it in my classics degree…..love reading the old gravestones in Rome!
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
A Roman walks in to a bar and says "I'd like a Martinus" "You mean a Martini?"
"No, if I wanted more than one I would've said so.
"No, if I wanted more than one I would've said so.
schmunk
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If you're working in currys, surely Hindi, Urdu or Gujurati would be more useful...?
Shuggie
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Yep, Latin and English Language a year early. For me, that was 1974 and graded 1-6. We were on A-C grades the following summer for the bulk of our 'O' Levels.
Unlike swotty Wilson, I took it easy in the 3rd year, 4th year, 5th year, Lower 6th, Upper 6th, 1st year of Uni, 2nd year of Uni, 3rd year of Uni and, let's be honest, ever since. I put this 50 year streak of successful under-achievement down to Keats and his Ode To Indolence*. The lure of a life of 'pleasant numbness' proved too strong. Mind you, 'A' Level Latin stood me in good stead when Killer Whale was swimming in these waters. But nothing else to report.
* hence posting once a fortnight for the last 20+ years, unlike gobby Wilson
Milano
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I was forced to do Latin. I can still read a bit but in my experience no one speaks Latin, as in coversational Latin. Catholic priests repeat it, Barristers and Doctors use it to stay complicated, weirdly florists probably need Latin more than Rees f***ing Mogg.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Alan did also say "You know what this room says to me? Aqua. Which is French for water."
Seagull58
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He's lying. I studied Latin for 4 years and hated it.
- Jul 10, 2003
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I was top of L stream first year, 3rd in second year and dropped into α in my third. (I think I had an epiphany
)They let me take Latin, English (Lan) and maths (trad) in the fourth, but I think we were drifting apart. Eventually left less than a year later, straight after the exams with 8 GCE's (A-Cs), bit of a disappointment to them, not doing 6th or Oxbridge
, but ready to take on the night life of brighton for the next few years. Don't regret it 
Seagull58
In the Algarve
His dad was on the board at GEC when Weinstock was Group MD. I met Rees Mogg Jr when he was 19, just left school and was off to the US to work as a volunteer for Dukakis against Reagan. He was always destined for politics.
Amatus or amatis?
And we need florists more than we need Rees f***ing Mogg.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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I achieved a grade 9 in Latin O Level at a time when 1 was the highest grade!
O me miserum
O me miserum
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Funny you should say that as I did Latin at Falmer and I can remember my teacher Dr Opie telling us they were considering merging the English and the Latin class to keep the dying languages in one place.
sir_gullahad
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Brutus aderat...