[lastchance]

Why would anyone bring a dead person’s tongue to church?

[nanetteclaret]

She is using the word “tongue” as a synonym for “language.”

The words “lingua franca” are Latin for “language of the Franks.” I was pointing out that in the same sentence that she called Latin “dead,” she used the phrase, “lingua franca,” apparently not realizing that this phrase, commonly used today, was “dead latin.” In other words, she made a fool of herself.