Posted by dorayme on 06/22/06 23:05

In article <449acdcf$0$946$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>,
"PeterMcC" <peter@mccourt.org.uk> wrote:

> Luigi Donatello Asero wrote in
> <sXzmg.5870$E02.1763@newsb.telia.net>
>
> > "PeterMcC" <peter@mccourt.org.uk> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:449ac9e3$0$936$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> >> Luigi Donatello Asero wrote in
> >> <kqzmg.5855$E02.1880@newsb.telia.net>
> >> I'd no idea that, outside of the Church, Latin was actually spoken
> >> very much in Italy.
> >
> >
> > Not "very much" but I guess that there are more people who can speak
> > Latin in Italy than in other countries apart from the Vatican
> > State....and again, they do not need speak it fluently....
>
> Ah, I hadn't realised that it was a guess. Thanks for the clarification.

It was a good guess, there are people who can speak it, even
fluently and I have met them. Likelier, there are more people in
Italy, especially around the Vatican who could do so than in any
other comparable area outside Italy.

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dorayme

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