Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue

Re:Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue by TruthElixirX on Saturday November 30, 2013 @09:39PM (#6825817)

""We have a single money, the euro," Mr. Feye says. "We should have a single language, Latin.""

We do. Its called English.

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Re:Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue by Spooky23 on Sunday December 01, 2013 @12:32AM (#6826267)

Some of my countrymen feel it is a universal language -- just a matter of volume. If you yell English loudly enough, people will understand.

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Re:Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue by paulrademacher on Sunday December 01, 2013 @06:03AM (#6826848)

DO? YOU? SPEAK? ENGLISH?

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Re:Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue by mxim on Sunday December 01, 2013 @08:32AM (#6827186)

We should never have a single language, as no one can represent all the cultural characteristics.

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Re:Caveat Emptor: Lovers of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Tongue by TruthElixirX on Sunday December 01, 2013 @12:13PM (#6828119)

The majority contents of lots of cultures is bigotry and hatefulness towards those not in the culture.

I am fine with losing it.

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