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Daniel James wrote:
In article , Max Demian wrote:
What I mean is how do we know the Romans pronounced status differently
according to whether it was singular or plural?

Ah, gotcha.

Rhymes in poetry? Did Roman poetry rhyme?

Yes, I suspect Roman verse does tell us a lot about the lengths and
stresses of syllables in Latin words -- but not because of rhyme.

Roman verse forms were characterised by their metre -- rhythm rather than
rhyme (try typing that quickly!). Rhyming would have been too easy (or
maybe too difficult) in a language in which the last syllable of a word
changes according to it's grammatical case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(poetry)

Cheers,
Daniel.


What's latin for 'you say tomayto, I say tomahto' ;-)

De Hefflumpi, semper disputandum est.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
What's latin for 'you say tomayto, I say tomahto' ;-)

De Hefflumpi, semper disputandum est.

We could argue about that all day :P

But I suggest you get a classical scholar and a Roman Catholic in the
same room, and ask again - I've heard that the language has shifted.

There's a half-decent wikipedia article on this - but I'm not going to
read it all, I'm with Jennings:

Latin is a language,
as dead as dead can be;
It killed the ancient Romans,
and now it's killing me.

Andy

In . uk,
Andy Champ typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: The Natural Philosopher wrote:
: What's latin for 'you say tomayto, I say tomahto' ;-)
:
: De Hefflumpi, semper disputandum est.
:
: We could argue about that all day :P
:
: But I suggest you get a classical scholar and a Roman Catholic in the
: same room, and ask again - I've heard that the language has shifted.
:
: There's a half-decent wikipedia article on this - but I'm not going to
: read it all, I'm with Jennings:
:
: Latin is a language,
: as dead as dead can be;
: It killed the ancient Romans,
: and now it's killing me.

So I'm not the only one left who remembers Jennings..! I can't be as old
as I thought I was (and it's my birthday on Saturday too..!)

Did you have a teacher like Old Wilkie..? We certainly did ;-)


Ivor

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:54:23 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote:

In . uk,
Andy Champ typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: The Natural Philosopher wrote:
: What's latin for 'you say tomayto, I say tomahto' ;-)
:
: De Hefflumpi, semper disputandum est.
:
: We could argue about that all day :P
:
: But I suggest you get a classical scholar and a Roman Catholic in the
: same room, and ask again - I've heard that the language has shifted.
:
: There's a half-decent wikipedia article on this - but I'm not going to
: read it all, I'm with Jennings:
:
: Latin is a language,
: as dead as dead can be;
: It killed the ancient Romans,
: and now it's killing me.

So I'm not the only one left who remembers Jennings..!

Unforgettable!

Jack Carr and his car jack
Pottlewhistle Halt
The sci-fi craze: "these corridors are cluttered up with space"
Snorkels
The printing press

I can't be as old
as I thought I was (and it's my birthday on Saturday too..!)

45 next month, in my case.

Did you have a teacher like Old Wilkie..? We certainly did ;-)

Several, in fact, as well as a few Mr Carters!

Jerry Brown
--
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

http://www.jwbrown.co.uk

In news Jerry Brown typed, for some
strange, unexplained reason:
: On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:54:23 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
:
[snip]

: So I'm not the only one left who remembers Jennings..!
:
: Unforgettable!
:
: Jack Carr and his car jack
: Pottlewhistle Halt
: The sci-fi craze: "these corridors are cluttered up with space"
: Snorkels
: The printing press
:
: I can't be as old
: as I thought I was (and it's my birthday on Saturday too..!)
:
: 45 next month, in my case.

Aaarrgh.. digits the other way round this end........

: Did you have a teacher like Old Wilkie..? We certainly did ;-)
:
: Several, in fact, as well as a few Mr Carters!

Yes we had a couple of those too, fortunately.

Ivor