Santino, It depends on your career choices. If you wanted to go into medicine or linguistics, then Latin is an excellent choice. If not, then given your geographic location, I would suggest Spanish. If you want to get into some sort of International Trade, then I would suggest Japanese or Chinese.

SB, you're repeating yourself. How did you post three times? Everytime, I accidently click "post" a second time, I get a message saying it's already been posted.



TIS

SB is a post count whore.

She could have at least tried to re-word it(3 different times) so it wasn't so obvious.



TIS

However, in all honesty, I get this message everytime I click "post". It ends up posting though.

So there is something going on.

TIS

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Today is the first day of school for my son. 7th grade first day of middle school.

Okay, should be good now. Not SB's fault Thanks, TIS!

I got the same message earlier this morning. Thanks for fixing it Geoffy. XOXO

DUH!! Sorry, I didn't even realize it did that. However, I do believe that Latin is the wave of the future.

You just love when Josiah Bartlett speaks it.

President Jed Bartlet: "C.J., on your tombstone, it’s gonna read, "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc."

C.J. Cregg: "Okay, but none of my visitors are going to be able to understand my tombstone."

Hee! I love that episode. Actually, what episode don't I really love??

Aug. 24: The Los Angeles coroner rules Michael Jackson’s death a homicide.

updated 24 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died on June 25.

The coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson’s death, the official said.

Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths, more than twice the number killed in a typical seasonal flu, White House advisers said.

In a report by the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, President Barack Obama today was urged to speed vaccine production and name a senior member of the White House staff, preferably the homeland security adviser, to take responsibility for decision-making on the pandemic. Initial doses should be accelerated to mid-September to vaccinate as many as 40 million people, the advisory group said.

Seasonal flu usually kills about 36,000 Americans, said Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Swine flu, also called H1N1, causes more severe illness needing hospitalization among younger people than seasonal flu, while leaving people 65 and older relatively unscathed, said Mike Shaw of the CDC.

I'd highly recommend Latin to any student. Believe it or not, I find that Latin was actually the most useful class that I took in high school. Studying Latin helps you understand English grammar and useage more clearly. It also helps with your English vocabulary. At the time I studied Latin (2 years), I didn't appreciate it, but I realized that it improved my writing immensely.

Let's not forget the Latin phrase that attorneys hate the most, Klyd: Pro Bono .

Mary Bono is a pro?

Hoc est enim corpus meum!

You know how CNN's home page always has a daily poll? Here's today's. How come I didn't know Pluto was not a planet any longer? Science is not my strong point, but everyone knows Pluto is a planet (the smallest one if I'm not mistaken.)

Should Pluto be reinstated as a planet?

Yes 81% 143267
No 19% 33023
Total Votes: 176290


TIS

Pluto's not a planet....that's goofy.

pluto was taken down as a planet a couple years ago...now there is...ummm yea idk how many planets there is.

I think there are 9???? But then again, could be 7. Mmmmmmm I'll say 9 Oh, or now 8 since they gave Pluto the boot.


TIS

Sonny Bono

I thought Pluto was a dog.

Back to Latin. Anyone that went to Catholic School in the 50's 60's will know these (my spelling is a little rusty)

Angus Dei (Lamb of God?)
Kyrie Eleison Kyrie Eleison Eleison, Christi Eleison
Dominus Vobiscum (answered by etcum spirititua)

We had to go to mass every morning and we'd answer the Priest and sing the hymns (always off key). Our prayer books had all the mass in Latin. As time went on, one side of the page was Latin and one in English, until they got rid of the Latin altogether. If the Priest walked in the class room, we'd all have to stand and say, "Good morning Father."

That's the only place I used Latin.


TIS

I once used the term "carpe diem" and got paid 25¢ for it.

I call that my Latin Quarter.

i thought latin was dead

Okay all you Catholics on the Board. What was the Angels telephone number? TIS knows it.