tiny_rabid_birds said:

even then, not really.  i mean, yes, some law terms use latin, but if you're doing law school i really doubt it matters whether you have latin under your belt.  you're going to have to memorize shit tons of vocab anyways.  i doubt it would even make up that significant of a portion of said vocab.

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if you have any interest in epistemology, latin is invaluable

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is latin a useless subject

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Papaver said:

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if you have any interest in epistemology, latin is invaluable

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Who said that? What does that mean? And how do I know that's really what that means?

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fuck me in the ear, i meant to say etymology

rodfarva said:

It would be kick ass knowledge if you wanted to go to law school.

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MisterMuscaria said:

Unless you are a Catholic or a Scientist it is about as useful as Esperanto.

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rodfarva said:

MisterMuscaria said:

Unless you are a Catholic or a Scientist it is about as useful as Esperanto.

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Yeah, good point...
latin mass FTW. If you want to be a priest would be a reason.

I think you might need it to cast spells also.

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edit: Let's not forget all the Romance languages that are essentially mis-pronounced Latin: Catalan, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Romansch, Provencal, Galician, Occitan, ET CETERA (which is Latin for "and the rest")

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rodfarva said:

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edit: Let's not forget all the Romance languages that are essentially mis-pronounced Latin: Catalan, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Romansch, Provencal, Galician, Occitan, ET CETERA (which is Latin for "and the rest")

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They are called languages because they  have evolved into something new. In Italy there is an area that speaks a unique form of greek that evolved from the original Athenian settlers, they are not mispronouncing anything, this is simply a Dialect of greek, just as the people in alabama sound different than those in Oregon. Both are most certainly considered English.

You should also know that Galician and catalan are both descendants of spanish... Latin came before spanish, so if anything they would be refereed to as  mispornounced spanish- but they are not.

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Kamek said:

rodfarva said:

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edit: Let's not forget all the Romance languages that are essentially mis-pronounced Latin: Catalan, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Romansch, Provencal, Galician, Occitan, ET CETERA (which is Latin for "and the rest")

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They are called languages because they  have evolved into something new. In Italy there is an area that speaks a unique form of greek that evolved from the original Athenian settlers, they are not mispronouncing anything, this is simply a Dialect of greek, just as the people in alabama sound different than those in Oregon. Both are most certainly considered English.

You should also know that Galician and catalan are both descendants of spanish... Latin came before spanish, so if anything they would be refereed to as  mispornounced spanish- but they are not.

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Thats like saying eggs have got nothing to do with chickens because they have a hard shell.

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