5 thoughts on “Latin Ain’t Dead ~ Pontifical Academy”
It irritates me to no end that the entire premise of this story is based on the popular misunderstanding of what a “dead language” is. Latin is used, is useful, is quite lively, and is beyond all doubt dead. And there are distinct advantages to making use of a dead language.
Why don’t educators take the opportunity to educate?
rogueclassicism 
It irritates me to no end that the entire premise of this story is based on the popular misunderstanding of what a “dead language” is. Latin is used, is useful, is quite lively, and is beyond all doubt dead. And there are distinct advantages to making use of a dead language.
Why don’t educators take the opportunity to educate?
Rather than ‘dead’, I’ve been thinking we should start referring to it as a ‘gps language’ … it guides you through a lot of other stuff with ease …
I tend to refer to it as a zombie language: it’s dead but surprisingly lively, and it will eat your brain.
There’s a similar video from the same source, with a little vox populi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDWenN5pOaY .
It’s a pity that Latin isn’t called ‘Ancient Italian’. After all, nobody claims that Greek is a dead language!