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Posted by dorayme on 06/22/06 09:47
In article <449a5959$0$974$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>,
"PeterMcC" <peter@mccourt.org.uk> wrote:
> > Not many people can speak Latin outside Italy.
>
> I think that may be a hasty assumption.
>
> I occasionally have cause to refer to Latin inflections when working with
> groups of people in the UK. When I ask how many of them studied Latin at
> school, I'd guess that around 20% say that they did. And that doesn't
> include all those did but who won't admit it in case there's a question
> about Latin declensions on its way.
>
> My clients are certainly not representative - I wouldn't suggest for a
> minute that 20% of the UK population ha
before you go on and on... he said speak Latin.
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dorayme
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