Seriously, I've never know a group so obnoxiously obsessed with the history of their language. Latin is dead. What is left now are mere unintelligible dialects, shadows of what was a great language. English is the new Latin. Lets accept the 21st century shall we...?
Why do Romance language speakers constantly mention Latin?
It's just ONE idiot hispanic who spends too much time theorizing and stretching facts. That's all. He's a pain in everyone's @ss, isn't he?
<<What is left now are mere unintelligible dialects, shadows of what was a great language.>>
According to some on this forum, Latin was so great that even these modern shadows of it stand head-and-shoulders above all other IE languages, especially English and the Germanic languages. Apparently, thinking and talking in a Latin-based language on a daily basis is something to be proud of.
According to some on this forum, Latin was so great that even these modern shadows of it stand head-and-shoulders above all other IE languages, especially English and the Germanic languages. Apparently, thinking and talking in a Latin-based language on a daily basis is something to be proud of.
<<Seriously, I've never know a group so obnoxiously obsessed with the history of their language.>>
Well, when you have nothing else to be proud of...
desperation's a bitch, isn't she?
Well, when you have nothing else to be proud of...
desperation's a bitch, isn't she?
Because the Romance speakers can claim their language derives from a prestiged one, Latin. If Old Norse had the same role as Latin in Ancient Times, we would have Old Norse even in the soup.
<<Seriously, I've never know a group so obnoxiously obsessed with the history of their language. Latin is dead. What is left now are mere unintelligible dialects, shadows of what was a great language. English is the new Latin. Lets accept the 21st century shall we...? >>
English have to pass the proff of time. For sure it is the lingua franca nowadays, but French too a century ago . Probably this status will only last a few decades, nothing comparable to Latin which was the lingua franca from the century II BC until the XVIII century. As you can see, English has a long road to follow to become half as important as Latin was and still is for the Humanity.
English have to pass the proff of time. For sure it is the lingua franca nowadays, but French too a century ago . Probably this status will only last a few decades, nothing comparable to Latin which was the lingua franca from the century II BC until the XVIII century. As you can see, English has a long road to follow to become half as important as Latin was and still is for the Humanity.
English is the new French but not the new Latin. Nobody will remember English in the XXXX century.
>>Latin is dead.
No, Latin it's not dead. Every Romance language IS LATIN as is spoken today. Unlike Ancient Greek who has only one daughter - Modern Greek - Latin has many more - to many to all be called "Modern" Latin.
Sorry for my English.
No, Latin it's not dead. Every Romance language IS LATIN as is spoken today. Unlike Ancient Greek who has only one daughter - Modern Greek - Latin has many more - to many to all be called "Modern" Latin.
Sorry for my English.
doesn't 30% of the english vocabulary come from latin? so english is just a Germanic language with a Romance vocabulary.
Accept it once and for all
Accept it once and for all
<<It's just ONE idiot hispanic who spends too much time theorizing and stretching facts. That's all. He's a pain in everyone's @ss, isn't he?>>
It's just ONE idiot French Fanatic (Cajun or Canadian, I don't know for sure) who spends too much time theorizing and stretching facts. That's all. He's a pain in everyone's @ss, isn't he?
It's just ONE idiot French Fanatic (Cajun or Canadian, I don't know for sure) who spends too much time theorizing and stretching facts. That's all. He's a pain in everyone's @ss, isn't he?
doesn't 30% of the english vocabulary come from latin?
It's 60% the real percentage.
It's 60% the real percentage.
<<It's just ONE idiot French Fanatic (Cajun or Canadian, I don't know for sure) who spends too much time theorizing and stretching facts. That's all. He's a pain in everyone's @ss, isn't he? >>
I don't think so. The French speakers prefer to be told how much influenced by Old Germanic French was, no matter it is false. They are traitors to the Latinity and the venerable Latin language.
I don't think so. The French speakers prefer to be told how much influenced by Old Germanic French was, no matter it is false. They are traitors to the Latinity and the venerable Latin language.