Latin

[Thomas Schlemmermeyer]

I cannot restrain myself, a german speaker, from throwing one half cent
into this, it seems, never-ending debate!

I was surprised how well and how nicely the latin heritage is cultivated
by the american (english-speaking) scientists on this list!

This clearly contradicts Carmine's assumptions.

It is far more difficult to find latin speaking taxonomists in Brazil or
in Germany than in the USA, if the contributions to this list should be
representative in any sense!


On (    Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:11:17 +0100), Jan Bosselaers
<dochterland at VILLAGE.UUNET.BE> wrote:


>Carmine Colacino wrote:
>
>> Botany uses Latin (in a limited extent anyway), and I notice that the
>> persons wondering about its usefulness are often native speakers of English,
>> which I think is very annoying. After all, everybody else makes an effort to
>> learn English, and, it appears, English-speakers (or some of them) complain
>> of having to learn not a whole language, but just a little bit of a
>> specialized botanical language derived from Latin (I mean, it is not even
>> the whole Latin language).
>
>There may be some thruth in this, but fortunately not all English
>speakers are alike in this respect. One of them, named Henry Beard, has
>even published two books which some list members might find amusing,
>although they have nothing to do with taxonomy: "Latin for all
>occasions" and "Latin for even more occasions", both published by
>HarperCollins Publishers, in 1992 and 1993. These little books certainly
>enliven the study of Latin. For example, one can find in them a useful
>all purpose letter to publishing collegues with whom one happens to
>disagree:
>
>Care Baro,
>Libellus tuus est iactura probosa pellium papyrique et sententiae tuae
>indignae etiam plebecula humillima sunt. Si imperator essem, tum tu
>eiectus in exilium vitam reliquam miserrime degeres scribens Philippicas
>acerbas in frustra corticis in gurgustio male olenti apud Dalmatas.
>
>Who said that Latin is dead?
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>Louise De Ruyver, oldest Belgian (110)
>

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