Latina Prima Codicillus

Whaticide?

2011-01-27T07:14:00.000-08:00

Today in Speech, we had a substitute. The substitute was none other than the excellently worded Mr. Blair! We had a discussion about society today for reasons only he knows. He said the word homicide, but pronounced "homi"as "homo" with long O's. Many kids found this funny for obvious reasons, and I had to bite my tongue to refrain from telling them that it's the Latin pronunciation.

I'm as free as a bird.

2010-12-02T06:00:00.000-08:00

Reliquus in pax, Leon. Semper memoria habemus.

I don't know if that is right, so don't remove any of my teeth slowly if it is!

Acient Greece Made Up!

2010-10-13T13:34:00.000-07:00

"Honestly, we never meant for things to go this far," said Professor Gene Haddlebury, who has offered to resign his position as chair of Hellenic Studies at Georgetown University. "We were young and trying to advance our careers, so we just started making things up: Homer, Aristotle, Socrates, Hippocrates, the lever and fulcrum, rhetoric, ethics, all the different kinds of columns—everything."

The article is here http://www.theonion.com/articles/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks,18209/?utm_source=recentnews

It's funny.

Hahaha

2010-10-04T19:24:00.002-07:00

Facebook has different languages, including "lingua latina".

" **** sententiam in status a(b) **** scripsit."

English or Latin?

2010-09-29T05:29:00.000-07:00

When I read new vocabulary, most times I do not even need to look at the definition. It seems that English is an almost exact copy of Latin! Many words are very similar, if not the same. To name a few examples: injury - injura; acid - acidus; day - dies; form - forma; fruit - frux. Forgive me if I misspelled some of the words. It's an interesting observation nonetheless.

I also checked out a French word in the Latin translator found on the nclatin website, and it meant the same thing! When people said it will help me with other languages, I thought they were being corny or over-exaggerating. Now, I know they are not! Latin is secretly 3 languages combined in one, I bet you. It's a conspiracy.

Also, Magister Perkins: Go on youtube and search for the song "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" by Skip James. It is easily my favorite Blues song.

I Met Julius Caeser!

2010-09-24T23:18:00.000-07:00

Yes, the title is true. I met Julius Caeser while playing a game called Civilization V. I was Russia, and I met him when I was exploring the surrounding lands. My leader met with his, and he told me "Salve". I asked for a peace treaty, and he said "non". What a jerk. I should have asked him for help with Latin.

Bonbon

2010-09-22T08:03:00.000-07:00

When I was in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, which is in the south of France (quite near the border to Spain), we were going back to our apartment in Bourdeax, which is a bit up north. We went to the square which had many public transportation vehicles: trains, a trolly, buses and a lot of taxis. My mother hailed a stationary taxi, and we went inside.

The driver then turned and asked us, being my sister's friend, my sister and me, a question in French. We did not understand, so we did not answer. He opened a drawer in the car to reveal candy, and he said, "Bonbons! Bon appetite." My mother then informed us that bonbon meant candy.

It was not until later, in Latin to be exact, that I knew what it meant! Also, bon appetite makes a lot of sense too. Good-good is a silly word for candy though. Candy sounds more delicious. Good-good sounds like melted, stale skittles in your grandmother's purse.

Salvete!

2010-09-22T04:04:00.000-07:00

Salvete, world!

This will be the portal by which my thoughts and feeling can be easily viewed by your prying eyes. It is okay though. Perhaps I am just an interesting individual. Anyway, this is not about me - THIS IS ABOUT LATIN! I will make a connection and then go to school.

There is this singer named Regina Spektor. I had no idea that her name was actually Latin, or that it meant queen. When I think about it now, her parents must've been really pompous. Whatever. She is great. Listen to her.

I must go now. However, I will blog again if allowed. It is much fun.