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Sadly, the good professor is putting his project on hold for a while, but he's keeping the old stuff around.
Well, there's always Latin. The Finns have been mentioned before, the Bremens not. But for sheer opulence, this site takes the prize.
Sadly, my comprehensive education didn't include Latin, but I did notice the Pope's Latinist pronounced the language dead recently. News to me mostly as I had always been lead to believe it had been 'dead' for some time.
posted by Abiezer at 4:33 PM on February 4, 2007
posted by Abiezer at 4:33 PM on February 4, 2007
Abiezer, despite the headline, the Pope's Latinist did not pronounce Latin dead. He said it's dying, which indeed is not news.
posted by gubo at 5:54 PM on February 4, 2007
posted by gubo at 5:54 PM on February 4, 2007
Proposition: George Bush is a senator's rectum, eh?
posted by Saucy Intruder at 3:08 AM on February 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Saucy Intruder at 3:08 AM on February 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
the Pope's Latinist pronounced the language dead
This guy would disagree.
posted by languagehat at 12:00 PM on February 5, 2007
This guy would disagree.
posted by languagehat at 12:00 PM on February 5, 2007
I'm dismayed to learn that Father Reginald was fired for teaching too many students for free. Wrong on so many levels.
Still, can't keep a good man down, even if it is despite himself.
posted by IndigoJones at 4:54 PM on February 5, 2007
Still, can't keep a good man down, even if it is despite himself.
posted by IndigoJones at 4:54 PM on February 5, 2007
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