Well, we've all done that, haven't we?Mark1 wrote:well, "bibit servus cum ancilla"
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It makes me proud to think that I was carrying on a tradition of recognising a few words and endings and making up plausible-sounding translations during my GCSE!
Thankfully Mr Kemp's extra lessons during my A Level were not in vain. During the course of my MPhil studies I was able to work out what a Middle English translation of a Latin text actually meant, thanks to being able to read the original Latin!
Thankfully Mr Kemp's extra lessons during my A Level were not in vain. During the course of my MPhil studies I was able to work out what a Middle English translation of a Latin text actually meant, thanks to being able to read the original Latin!
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It worked for me as well, when I was confronted by some medieval French texts....FrogBoxed wrote: It makes me proud to think that I was carrying on a tradition of recognising a few words and endings and making up plausible-sounding translations during my GCSE!
Thankfully Mr Kemp's extra lessons during my A Level were not in vain. During the course of my MPhil studies I was able to work out what a Middle English translation of a Latin text actually meant, thanks to being able to read the original Latin!
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I couldn't stand Latin and I hate languages (even though I have had to use them professionally and in private).jhopgood wrote:I now consider myself almost bilingual in Spanish, having been in Latin America and Spain since 1970.
When I started Spanish in 1970, I only had a few classes in Guatemala before being thrown in at the deep end as a teacher in Costa Rica.
I discovered that I could get by with a combination of my basic spanish and when stuck for a word, I would think of an english word that probably had a latin origin. 9 times out of 10, when I said this word, my colleague would say, "Oh, you mean ....." using the correct word, and so the conversation would continue.
Like most people, I thought Latin was a waste of time, but it served me very well in learning Spanish, and I am sure the same could be said for learning Portuguese, Italian etc.
Latin was absolutely no help to me with any of the Latin languages; French grammer has some similarities with Spanish which itself is a huge help and hindrance with Portuguese.
When doing A level there was a rule that a) you had to be in organised clases every period and b) you had to do 2 periods a week handicrafts or Art plus 2 periods a week of a language you hadn't done before, but no exams.
For me this last meant that I had to do German - a language which appeared impossible and useless - having had to learn it professionally later I am now 150% convinced I was right (sorry, Hendrik). Not being overenamoured I found out that Mr Bourne had been a professor at Seville University so I did Spanish in the back of the German class; even did reasonably at the O level oral!
With Portuguese and Spaniosh I use the same "repronounce the English word" trick and it is pretty good, especially in Portuguese. It doesn't work in French.
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Yes I remember that rule.marty wrote:Smeggy O'Meara) or even better - no teacher at all. Does anyone recall the 15 minute rule - if the teacher hadn't turned up within 15 minutes of the lesson starting you could leave.
Re Smeggy O Meara, we always called him Smelly O Meara for obvious reasons. Always wore a horrid brown suit that looked straight out of a C & A mail order catalogue.
Smelly O Meara also taught us the "sprouts game", which I still play now in particular boring meetings at work.
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do tellPaul N wrote:Yes I remember that rule.marty wrote:Smeggy O'Meara) or even better - no teacher at all. Does anyone recall the 15 minute rule - if the teacher hadn't turned up within 15 minutes of the lesson starting you could leave.
Re Smeggy O Meara, we always called him Smelly O Meara for obvious reasons. Always wore a horrid brown suit that looked straight out of a C & A mail order catalogue.
Smelly O Meara also taught us the "sprouts game", which I still play now in particular boring meetings at work.
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Ah Tom Keeley - sure he had narcolepsy. During one lesson someone poured a bottle of liquid used to stop biting your nails - over his tongue. He was not happy !Ash wrote:Tom Keeley was the best for that.. I deliberately got into the bottom set in Latin so I could get him.. He either fell asleep or read from Lord of the Rings...
Another time he sat at out table at lunch and ate the entire 14 person chocolate sponge cake - luckily his wife Mrs Keeley new of his exploits and had a spare one ready for us !