Remembering your Latin

[NoNo]

Facio, facere: to do. Only because the first part sounded like a swear

[malkin]

No Latin for me, but the French teacher did lead us out of class one day to peek in the windows of the Latin class, to watch the Latin teacher after having written right-handed all over the chalk board marched back to the left side of the classroom, and with the eraser in his right hand and the chalk in his left hand proceeded to fill the board once again.

I've never seen anyone else who could display that particular bit of ambidexterity.

[squirrell]

Never took it and only Latin I know is Red Green's Possum Lodge motto--

"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"

(pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead")

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

We were lucky that it was even offered at my HS (public high school). I decided to take it my senior year since I'd already had 2yrs of Spanish (French or Spanish was required).

I enjoyed Latin quite a bit, but I admit, I don't remember a whole lot. I believe it was very helpful anyway. As others have said, it does help translate or just figure out other latin-based foreign languages.

In college, I took 2 semesters of French (again, it became a requirement to take a language). Am I dating myself?? :P

So...I'm a dabbler in many, but a master of none.

A lot of you gals make me nervous...especially the educators on here! I know I must murder the English language at times. Hopefully I am not making you gals cringe at every post.

My fav Latin phrase: Quod me nutruit, me destruit.
(and NO, did not pick that up from <gag> Angelina Jolie's tattoo)