Scary AustinMar 2
I've helped fellow travelers in fluent French, okay Spanish, and even my sketchy Russian, but I will never be as badass as this person.
Show threadErik AblesonMar 2
@MaryAustinBooks There is badass and there is *badass*. Hat’s off to this guy
Show threadmbpazMar 2

@erik @MaryAustinBooks To all native speakers of germanic languages, I would like to humbly remind you that Latin is different to modern romance languages... but NOT HUGELY different.

If you can speak Portuguese, Italian etc you can recognize quite a bit of Latin (with some imagination)

Show threadScary AustinMar 2
@mbpaz @erik
True, but this guy still had to learn a case system and (so I hear) survive a bunch of outlandish phallic references to get through his Latin courses.
Show threadmbpazMar 2
@MaryAustinBooks @erik The alternative to reading outlandish phallic references is reading Caesar, whose prose is something like "Caesar is great. Caesar travels to Gallia. Caesar defeats his enemies. Caesar makes Rome great", so phallic references may be preferable.
Show threadAlexanderVI

@mbpaz @MaryAustinBooks @erik

Hey, you can also read Cicero fussing about his art collection and real estate deals!

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