Posted by Alan Hakim on July 02, 1999 at 18:46:00 from asn19-106.mcmail.com:
In Reply to: Latin's a dead language, dead as dead can be... posted by Adam on July 02, 1999 at 17:45:55:
Hic liber est meus
Testis est Deus
Si quis furetur
Per collum pendetur.
I had great difficulty with Roger's addition when I first read it, since we were taught the "Modern pronunciation" at school.
So "cretur" rhymed with English "later" and didn't make much sense to a 7-year-old.