Comments on: Good News Story of the Day http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:46:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3591 Evan Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:42:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3591 I always advocate studying another language to people. It's an asset to anyone who wishes to enhance their intellectuality and interactive opportunities with other cultures. Despite that fact that Latin is the root language of a variety of others existing today, I think it would benefit people more for them to study a language that has more practical and immediate applications. Evan www.beyondrace.com I always advocate studying another language to people. It’s an asset to anyone who wishes to enhance their intellectuality and interactive opportunities with other cultures. Despite that fact that Latin is the root language of a variety of others existing today, I think it would benefit people more for them to study a language that has more practical and immediate applications.

Evan
http://www.beyondrace.com

]]> By: Joe Agnes Sorrell http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3519 Joe Agnes Sorrell Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:11:58 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3519 What are you wasting our time for about ebonics. Uneducated heathens such as urself babble in ebonics. Go write a textbook and then come back and talk about it you swine. I always read your horrible comments on this enlightened blog and I just could no longer contain myself. I don't protest that a language is taught, I protest that people like you want to stupify my kids to the menial level of intelligence that you and your kids have. What are you wasting our time for about ebonics. Uneducated heathens such as urself babble in ebonics. Go write a textbook and then come back and talk about it you swine. I always read your horrible comments on this enlightened blog and I just could no longer contain myself. I don’t protest that a language is taught, I protest that people like you want to stupify my kids to the menial level of intelligence that you and your kids have.

]]> By: morton from vienna http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3518 morton from vienna Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:02:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3518 So when a person of color engages in his native tongue, and it is beinaught in schools, why do you fascists protest? I refer, of course, to Ebonics. Now you are trying to popularize an extinct language which no one speaks and suppress a language that is spoken by all men of color all over the world. So when a person of color engages in his native tongue, and it is beinaught in schools, why do you fascists protest? I refer, of course, to Ebonics. Now you are trying to popularize an extinct language which no one speaks and suppress a language that is spoken by all men of color all over the world.

]]> By: Carl Sesar http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3460 Carl Sesar Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:45:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3460 I cordially invite readers of this blog to listen to "Catullus Alive!" - a sampling of poems excerpted from an archival recording of a reading of my translations of the erotic and satirical ancient Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, which I gave at Wesleyan University way back in May, 1973. Time: approximately 15 minutes. Go to the link:: http://www.demosnews.com/piece.php?3.46 I cordially invite readers of this blog to listen to “Catullus Alive!” – a sampling of poems excerpted from an archival recording of a reading of my translations of the erotic and satirical ancient Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, which I gave at Wesleyan University way back in May, 1973. Time: approximately 15 minutes. Go to the link::

http://www.demosnews.com/piece.php?3.46

]]> By: Mithridates http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3426 Mithridates Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3426 I think the next step for Latin to become relevant again is to start appearing in certain areas of daily life so that people start to notice it again. I have next to me for example a box of Weetabix Minis with the ingredients written in 13 languages from English to Arabic, and there's room left over on the side of the box for about another two. There should be an organization (if there isn't one already) that provides free translations for small things like that. Then in signs like this as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wallsend_platfom_2_02.jpg A lot of municipalities and companies wouldn't mind having some Latin somewhere on their signs or products but aren't willing to pay anything for it, so that's why it should be free. I'm sure the people at the Latin Wikipedia would be willing to do something like that too since a lot of them are into reviving the language. I think the next step for Latin to become relevant again is to start appearing in certain areas of daily life so that people start to notice it again. I have next to me for example a box of Weetabix Minis with the ingredients written in 13 languages from English to Arabic, and there’s room left over on the side of the box for about another two. There should be an organization (if there isn’t one already) that provides free translations for small things like that.

Then in signs like this as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wallsend_platfom_2_02.jpg

A lot of municipalities and companies wouldn’t mind having some Latin somewhere on their signs or products but aren’t willing to pay anything for it, so that’s why it should be free. I’m sure the people at the Latin Wikipedia would be willing to do something like that too since a lot of them are into reviving the language.

]]> By: heather http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3409 heather Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:04:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3409 I am waiting for the day when the gigantic libraries hoarded by the big universities are all digitized, along with their archives. These are the only reasons to pay any attention to the so-called 'universities', at least in the humanities and social sciences. I can see the B of Arts, etc replaced by Certifications of various kinds. Professors will be entrepreneurs, working to attract and keep students so as to make a living... just as they did back in Medieval Paris. Freedom! I am waiting for the day when the gigantic libraries hoarded by the big universities are all digitized, along with their archives. These are the only reasons to pay any attention to the so-called ‘universities’, at least in the humanities and social sciences. I can see the B of Arts, etc replaced by Certifications of various kinds. Professors will be entrepreneurs, working to attract and keep students so as to make a living… just as they did back in Medieval Paris.

Freedom!

]]> By: 11B40 http://pjmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/10/07/good-news-story-of-the-day/#comment-3391 11B40 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:27:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/?p=481#comment-3391 Greetings: I'm a recovering Latin student and agree totally with the benefits of its study. Back in the Bronx of the '50s and '60s, I was prepped during my time as an altar boy and then had two years of formal study in high school. I particularly enjoyed Rome's military history. Greetings:

I’m a recovering Latin student and agree totally with the benefits of its study. Back in the Bronx of the ’50s and ’60s, I was prepped during my time as an altar boy and then had two years of formal study in high school. I particularly enjoyed Rome’s military history.

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