Comments on: Council bans employees from using Latin http://www.cfosnafu.com/council-bans-employees-from-using-latin/ Some days it should be legal to keep two sets of books Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Robert F vonBriesen http://www.cfosnafu.com/council-bans-employees-from-using-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-2944 Robert F vonBriesen Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=353#comment-2944 Not only would it be impractical but it might even be impossible to remove "foreign" words and phrases from the English language (especially Latin ones) as the English language is a conglomerate of other languages. When I started studying Spanish, I was amazed at the number of words that are similiar in both languages, differing only in pronounciation. I don't know if the word was Spainish or English first; my guess is that they both are derived from a Latin word. I agree with Lou: why demand that people decrease their vocabulary because there are those that might not understand the words they use. Perhaps we should all be "stuck on stupid". When langauge does not evolve, neither does civilization. vBreezo Not only would it be impractical but it might even be impossible to remove “foreign” words and phrases from the English language (especially Latin ones) as the English language is a conglomerate of other languages. When I started studying Spanish, I was amazed at the number of words that are similiar in both languages, differing only in pronounciation. I don’t know if the word was Spainish or English first; my guess is that they both are derived from a Latin word.

I agree with Lou: why demand that people decrease their vocabulary because there are those that might not understand the words they use. Perhaps we should all be “stuck on stupid”. When langauge does not evolve, neither does civilization.
vBreezo

]]> By: Lou http://www.cfosnafu.com/council-bans-employees-from-using-latin/comment-page-1/#comment-2921 Lou Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:22:40 +0000 http://www.cfosnafu.com/?p=353#comment-2921 Aaaaand, once again, we find that we have dumbed down for the lowest common denominator out there. What's wrong with expecting people to have at least some degree of education? Instead of creating a standard, even a standard of excellence, and sticking to it, we prefer to accommodate every little substandard whim that comes along. Why not push for people learning and understaning more tomorrow than they do today? Lou Aaaaand, once again, we find that we have dumbed down for the lowest common denominator out there. What’s wrong with expecting people to have at least some degree of education?

Instead of creating a standard, even a standard of excellence, and sticking to it, we prefer to accommodate every little substandard whim that comes along.

Why not push for people learning and understaning more tomorrow than they do today?

Lou

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