Becomming a New Dep

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I have started a new thread, this is really :offtopic:
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no matter!
i have no latin knowledge so i'll just let you get on with it :P
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Urgh-My-Pancreas wrote:no matter!
i have no latin knowledge so i'll just let you get on with it :P
actually i lie, i was a member of Latin club at priamary school, and i can sing 'happy birthday' and 'twinkle twinkle little star' in latin... then there's some really handy words that i can remember, like the latin for "whale" or "hat"...
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At the risk of getting my wrist slapped by Josh.....

As far as I'm concerned, Latin is a DEAD language.
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J.R. wrote:At the risk of getting my wrist slapped by Josh.....

As far as I'm concerned, Latin is a DEAD language.
Well there's a subject to debate: Is Latin a dead language? Horticulturists and medical sorts, among others, might argue no.
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cj wrote:
J.R. wrote:At the risk of getting my wrist slapped by Josh.....

As far as I'm concerned, Latin is a DEAD language.
Well there's a subject to debate: Is Latin a dead language? Horticulturists and medical sorts, among others, might argue no.
Define Latin!!! What about variants and dialects? If you allow those then you have to accept that the current use of Ladin (which my wife's neice and nephew spoke at school) makes Latin a live language.

Whether Latin is any real use is another matter. Plants could just as easily be given Esperanto names and more Chinese could be used in medicine. Many trades / crafts use foreign languages - opera is often in Italian, classical dance uses French ..........
Peeps say that a knowledge of Latin is useful (some say essential) when learning certain languages; my experience is that it is useless for at least 3 "latin" languages though I can't speak for Romanian or Italian.
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Urgh-My-Pancreas wrote:
Urgh-My-Pancreas wrote:no matter!
i have no latin knowledge so i'll just let you get on with it :P
actually i lie, i was a member of Latin club at priamary school, and i can sing 'happy birthday' and 'twinkle twinkle little star' in latin... then there's some really handy words that i can remember, like the latin for "whale" or "hat"...
Jealous to the max - I don't know either song in latin! You'll have to sing them when you get here so I can learn them.

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I've got a treasured copy of "Winnie Ille Pu". Winnie ille Pu sub nomine Sandersi solus in silva habitabat!

On the cover, a classical bust of Pooh draped in a toga and garlanded with laurels.

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Didn't Queenie give a dramatic reading of "Winnie Ille Pu"? Am I dreaming or remembering?
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I don't remember Queenie reading it to us, but she may have to you! Caroline remembers her reading "Ferdinand the Bull"!

My copy of Winnie Ille Pu was given to me by Miss Mercer. It has her tiny tiny signature in the front cover. So charming!
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RIGHT!putting the latin class to one side for the moment, i have yet another question!!!

Whis other schools does CH tend to play matches and games against? this can be in anything, rugby, cricket, chess... anything! does it tend to be other private schools or lots of them, because one of my best friends is going to this other boarding school in sussex and it would be cool if i would get the oppertunity to see him from time to time!

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The list is endless.

Over to you Mr Plum, or Mr Plum Senior !!
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well the place he's going in Hurstpierpoint College... ring any bells?
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I've got my trusty school timetable out and they definitely play Hurstpierpoint (or Hurst as they like to be called)!

Other schools are - Caterham, Tonbridge, St Paul's, KES Whitley, Farlington, Skinners, Charterhouse, Eastbourne College, Cottesmore, Whitgift, Imberhouse, Lancing College, Moira House School, Windlesham House, Millais, St Olave's, Ardingly, St John's Leatherhead, Cranleigh, City of London Freemans, St Bede's, Lord Wandsworth's and Wellington.

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