My birthday's actually a couple of days away, but thanks anyway l-) Don't know about any communities, some friends and I have been working Teach Yourself Latin (http://tylatin.org). I've been putting together a cheat sheet (http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/junk/latin.pdf) to save thumbing through the book as I do the exercises...
I'm starting with `Learn Latin' (the book of the Daily Telegraph QED series by Peter Jones, ISBN 0-7156-2757-0). Although I don't have anyone to learn with at the moment, I am associated with a Latin scholar in the guise of purplecthulhu, (who got an `A' at `O' level Latin). So I keep threatening to send emails in Latin when I've finished the course :-)
Let me check my notes ... ah yes, we looked at that one when deciding which book to use. My notes say "annoyingly chatty" - just not my style, I guess l-)
Incidentally, looking at your earlier remarks about the pronunciation of v, when I put together (1) the classical pronunciation of v like we pronounce "w" and (2) the fact that u and v weren't originally distinct, the pronunciation of qu as "kw" suddenly became obvious rather than a curiosity.
I find the chatty aspect fine, since I'm learning alone, although it does make it a bit more difficult to review stuff as you feel like you are wading through a stuck record (or some such mixed metaphor like that :-)
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Ooo, interesting! I hadn't thought of that!!!! Now, if only there were some Latin experts around here... :-)
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Date: 2002-12-16 10:38 am (UTC)Interesting to find another `grown up' studying Latin. Is there a community for adult students of classical Latin?
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Date: 2002-12-16 11:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-12-16 11:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-12-16 11:56 am (UTC)Let me check my notes ... ah yes, we looked at that one when deciding which book to use. My notes say "annoyingly chatty" - just not my style, I guess l-)
Incidentally, looking at your earlier remarks about the pronunciation of v, when I put together (1) the classical pronunciation of v like we pronounce "w" and (2) the fact that u and v weren't originally distinct, the pronunciation of qu as "kw" suddenly became obvious rather than a curiosity.
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Date: 2002-12-16 12:21 pm (UTC)kw
Ooo, interesting! I hadn't thought of that!!!! Now, if only there were some Latin experts around here... :-)
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Date: 2002-12-16 05:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-12-17 01:30 am (UTC)