Last nights homework

[Napster]

Or the priesthood. Bloody handy if you have designs on being The Pope one day.

Ah, good point. I've always found this strange, as Jesus spoke Aramaic (apparently), and the Romans crucified Jesus, so why use the Roman language to worship him?

 

[canveyshrimper]

Blimey. I don't even post and I get mentioned on here.

ps I think it's a cracking idea, although Mandarin/Cantonese are tricky to learn, being tonal languages. Oh, and Osymandus, learning Latin is a waste of time unless you're intending on invading the Holy Roman Empire. It is only slightly related to the Romance languages of today and so doesn't actually help you in anything unless you want to be pretentious or go into law or medicine.

Can't be that difficult I see plenty of little Chinese kids all chattering away in Mandarin/Canonese at about 4 or 5 years of age. I couldn't speak a foreign languange at that age.:confused:

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Can't be that difficult I see plenty of little Chinese kids all chattering away in Mandarin/Canonese at about 4 or 5 years of age. I couldn't speak a foreign languange at that age.:confused:

My 2 year old had her first Spanish lesson at nursery yesterday!
She spent the whole journey home, saying "Ola, Mumma, Ola Daddy" :p

 

[canveyshrimper]

My 2 year old had her first Spanish lesson at nursery yesterday!
She spent the whole journey home, saying "Ola, Mumma, Ola Daddy" :p

When she gets on to calamari & two veg and a pint of bleeding Watneys Red Barrel start worrying.:p

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

When she gets on to calamari & two veg and a pint of bleeding Watneys Red Barrel start worrying.:p

:hilarious:

As long as she picks up my in-built hatred of Luton & it's airport I don't care!

 

[osymandus]

Blimey. I don't even post and I get mentioned on here.

ps I think it's a cracking idea, although Mandarin/Cantonese are tricky to learn, being tonal languages. Oh, and Osymandus, learning Latin is a waste of time unless you're intending on invading the Holy Roman Empire. It is only slightly related to the Romance languages of today and so doesn't actually help you in anything unless you want to be pretentious or go into law or medicine.

Unless your using it to understand the grammatic structuring of said languages (i.e Spanish , Italian and French being 3 major ones i know of) , they havnt really changed Spanish at all in comparison (which is odd really as the Moors and Islamic culture was there for so long oh well)

HRE rebranded years ago dear boy where you been ;) (Antiok ??)

 

[MK Shrimper]

(Antiok ??)

Is that the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

 

[osymandus]

Ah, good point. I've always found this strange, as Jesus spoke Aramaic (apparently), and the Romans crucified Jesus, so why use the Roman language to worship him?

I believe that would be the Holy Roman Empire et all again (they get about the buggers) If only the Vandals , Goths and Persians had actually finished them off Grrrr if only !!!!

Still that's the problem when your civilised i suppose .

What did the Romans ever do for us (aside from a pain in the **** religion).
And its less then you'd think ;)

 

[osymandus]

Is that the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

Ah thats it yes looking for that every where now is it 3 or 5 ?

 

[MK Shrimper]

I've soiled my armour you b*stard.... :(

 

[osymandus]

I've soiled my armour you b*stard.... :(

Ni Ni Ni
"well then after dark myself you and LAncelot shall leap from the rabbit and oh wait...."

 

[MK Shrimper]

Have you seen Spamalot Ozy? .... It's a great show...highly recommend it!

 

[osymandus]

Have you seen Spamalot Ozy? .... It's a great show...highly recommend it!

Actually no ... last one i saw was MAry Poppins which was fantastic

 

[Napster]

Unless your using it to understand the grammatic structuring of said languages (i.e Spanish , Italian and French being 3 major ones i know of) , they havnt really changed Spanish at all in comparison (which is odd really as the Moors and Islamic culture was there for so long oh well)

I still disagree. Linguistics uses current languages to identify/understand grammatical structure, not dead ones.

:D

 

[Napster]

Can't be that difficult I see plenty of little Chinese kids all chattering away in Mandarin/Canonese at about 4 or 5 years of age. I couldn't speak a foreign languange at that age.:confused:

Well, when they've been brought up on it, it's easier. In fact, 2-3 years old is the perfect age to learn a second language - there's what's called a window of language where you learn so much easier.

 

[osymandus]

I still disagree. Linguistics uses current languages to identify/understand grammatical structure, not dead ones.

:D

You see ive tried that dead language argument before , but they say no we speak it and have writings so it cant be bed (grr bloody academics)

 

[Napster]

You see ive tried that dead language argument before , but they say no we speak it and have writings so it cant be bed (grr bloody academics)

unfortunately, no-one actually knows what Latin sounded like - so although you can have a stab at its pronunciation, it will never be 100% correct.

 

[Firestorm]

there's what's called a window of language where you learn so much easier.

I saw that on Playschool, it was next to the round one I think

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Well, when they've been brought up on it, it's easier. In fact, 2-3 years old is the perfect age to learn a second language - there's what's called a window of language where you learn so much easier.

Hence my post earlier about our Nursery introducing Spanish to the 2-3 age group!

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

My friends daughter apparently started talking spanish the other day while reading a couple of lines in a book. Shes 2 aswell.

I still struggle with english as a thirty something....