To: exDemMom
If, for example, I use the word "tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin" that you have never seen before, and you have only been taught sight reading, how would you even know what the first phoneme is, much less figure out how to pronounce that word?By having studied LATIN.
Latin is the foundation of the romance languages. Not only does studying Latin give you the ability to pronounce the word, but to understand exactly what it means.
85 posted on
10/27/2018 11:06:12 AM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Yes...I took one year of Latin (2 of French) in h.s....I cannot really decipher a Latin sentence anymore..but, whenever there is a word unknown to me (or others) I seem to usually be able to figure it out (I am my husband’s walking dictionary)
95 posted on
10/27/2018 12:26:21 PM PDT by
goodnesswins
(White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
To: UCANSEE2
I teach Latin to K, 1st and 2nd graders. They love it!
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