[N. Theknow]

I took Latin

Graduated "skinnibus teethibus."

[Conagher]

Yes! My moronic school offered only Spanish and French. I took a year of French (a collosal waste; I eventually gave up*) and my brother took Spanish. He found it useful when he worked construction during the summers (talking to the cheap laborers), but other than that it seemed to be utterly useless.

Latin, I have found, is incredibly useful in the areas of law, medicine, science and religion. Unfortunately my school district was more interested in producing community college drop-outs and washed-up high school athletes than they were in producing doctors, lawyers, scientists or theologians. I always regretted never having the chance to take a classical language in school.

* Bitter irony intended.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I was a very mediocre Spanish student. I didn't want to drag down my GPA, so I switched to Latin, which I did well at. Now after taking Latin, I'm pretty sure I could well at Spanish. I plan on studying it when time permits. I think a good understanding of Latin provides a template for learning so many other languages.

[Vladiator]

Sum
es
est
Summus
estus
sunt

[martin_fierro]

Latin-English/English-Latin Online Dictionary (JAVA Req'd)

[Constitution Day]

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

[Slyfox]

Handy Latin Phrases

[alancarp]

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur."

-- "Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound."

[Tancred]

A couple years ago, I read in the newspaper that my high-school Latin teacher had gotten busted for stealing lobster traps (his summer job).

Good teacher, though. From the two years I took, I learned a lot about history, etymology, and a bunch of useful common phrases.

[VermiciousKnid]

This is truly wonderful!

Unfortunately for me, I was never given the opportunity to study this beautiful language ("dead" my foot!), and have always maintained that my own children WILL take it, even if I have to teach them myself with the help of some kind of correspondence course.

Like many others here, my school only offered (yawn) Spanish or French, so I got stuck taking French for 8 years. Funny thing is, though...I use the little Latin I know FAR more often than the French.

Anyway, I'm glad to see this new trend emerging.

Gotta go! Tempus fugit!
Regards,

[cornelis]

Science uses Latin for everything from medical terminology

Good grief. Do you have to suffer conjugations and declensions to recognize medical terminology?

[Renfield]

Come on! Now this is serious business. "Expelliarmus" would be rendered as "we disarm". ?? It should be more properly imperative, such as "Expelliarte" ("Disarm!!")