Seems like the type of person who doesn’t know why we say Latin versus Hispanic for that region and they type that would call anyone from Latin America just “Mexican”.
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Apparently Romanian is the closest current romance language descendant.
Ladin maybe. But niche compared to Romanian.
I've read þat Logudorese Sardinian is þe closest to vulgar Latin in terms of vocabulary and phonology, standard Italian second because of grammar, and Romanian 3rd because of Slavic vocabulary "pollution." I've seen it claimed Logudorese Sardinian differs from Latin by only about 8% (Mario Pei, 1949), standard Italian by 12% (same source), and Ladin diverges by 20% (I haven't been able to dig up a definitive source on Ladin).
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Tot nu este aproape de latina
I thought there was still an island in the Mediterranean where Latin isn't dead.
Ixnay on the islanday
Latin didn't really disappear, it changed and split up
AFAIK the only place where latin is commonly used as the main language is Vatican City
the only place where latin is commonly used as the main language is Vatican City
And their accent sucks.
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And these people are voting.
They don't speak Latin in Latin America. The person blotted out is the dumbass.
Sure, they might have a solid head start with sharing it as an ancient root language, but they're very, very much not speaking Latin natively.
Hell, I bet most doctors know more actual Latin than random speakers in Latin America.
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And these people are voting...
Whoosh
Some people need a joke explained. Don't hate the messenger.
Way I read it, you're not the messenger. You would rather be the target audience.
rofl you don't think I understand how rare latin is? You judgemental pricks are a different breed. A breed of shitstains.
I can't tell if you're serious, or trolling at a different level.
I like it, either way.
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with "these people" the commentor means the person that thought latin americans spoke latin and perhapt the people who made said Ad. They didn't mean Latin Americans
Nobody ever tells jokes on Facebook I guess
A key part of pretending to be stupid for laughs is that the audience knows that you are smart enough to know why what you said is funny.
In person, you can smile or wink to let everyone know you're not being serious, but anonymously online, you just look like a dumbass.
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Stultus est
Asinus stultus est
No worries, they'll find that teacher ad calendas graecas.
It's okay to leave public social media posts unredacted: they're not state secrets. It's also okay to post link to (archived) source for accessibility & general usability.
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You know, I was raised conservative Catholic in the Midwest. Grew up really sheltered in that regard. I specifically remember driving with my family back from church when I was a kid, and my parents had the radio on. The news story mentioned the rising popularity of Latin music. I thought it odd that Gregorian chants and Latin hymns were apparently having a surge in popularity among the general public.
Oh, and then there was the time I got really confused when the priest started talking about the evils of the Youth in Asia. I thought it might be anti-Chinese communist thing. But I couldn't figure out why the priest would have an entire homily talking about the evils of specifically the young people of Asia. Just so oddly specific.
i mean, there was a brief period in the 90s where Gregorian chants were like, the hot thing.
A brief period? It lasted an entire Era (album).
Swing music also came back for a little while in the '90s. That decade was a nexus point in the space-time continuum.
And it's been down hill ever since the squirrel nut zippers.
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I'll publicly embarrass myself here: what's the context for the youth in Asia thing?
Euthanasia: legal assisted suicide.
Yup! Catholic Church has long had an opposition to assisted suicide. This would have been back during the time when [Dr. Kevorkian](Jack Kevorkian) was a subject of national discussion. So it's understandable why the priest would have been talking about it. Meanwhile, I was just a dumb kid in a pew wondering why the hell this priest, who had never been heard being racist against anyone, had this sudden inexplicable hatred for Chinese kids. And not Asians in general, but specifically the youth in Asia!
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You mean no problemo
Does it count as a native language if you learn it through old latin chorus music in your youth, alongside whatever spoken language?
Depends on if by youth you mean infancy.
It seems unlikely unless that Latin chorus was giving live performances and demonstrating verbs and nouns for you before you could walk.
A secondary language you picked up before full self awareness, sure.
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A fellow final fantasy fan.
Former choir member actually
Haven't played any FF except FFCC My Life as a King
The one other My Life as a King player!! You exist!
That game had THE BEST music. In fact I'm going to go look up the OST now.
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Speaking to the ad. If you're talking about any 100 level (probably even 200 level), it's way more helpful to have the teacher be fluent in the language of the students. Because you need to be able to communicate with them and they don't know the language yet.
latin in roman times is native, but not anymore.
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