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Judging by the graffiti I've seen, they didn't speak it particularly well. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 27/02/2013 09:05:31 PM

I'm just going to ignore the distinction between literacy and speech and the distinction between common Latin and Classical Latin for the purposes of my little bon mot.


Vulgar Latin has always interested me, though. Do you know any sources of common Latin from the late Republic or early Empire? I've been led to believe that the Latin of the colonies was already significantly different from "proper" Latin as early as the first century AD.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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Best quote regarding Latin that I've read in quite some time Larry - 27/02/2013 11:13:59 AM 1262 Views
A good Latin student never declines sex. RandAllThor - 27/02/2013 04:45:15 PM 1476 Views
Or most other cardinals. *NM* Tom - 27/02/2013 04:55:55 PM 474 Views
I wasn't aware the scandal had climbed that high... *NM* Ghavrel - 27/02/2013 09:07:52 PM 438 Views
Well, Thavis does touch upon that somewhat in his book Larry - 28/02/2013 11:18:02 PM 997 Views
Judging by the graffiti I've seen, they didn't speak it particularly well. Ghavrel - 27/02/2013 09:05:31 PM 1072 Views
They spoke it at about the level at which the average American Facebook user speaks English. Tom - 28/02/2013 12:40:48 AM 1034 Views
Not really, other than a few allusions such as one made in Catullus' poem #84. *NM* Larry - 28/02/2013 11:18:58 PM 441 Views
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