Especially since I have read that Washington, Jefferson and their crew wanted to originally model the republic after the old Greek form of government.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Bill Fairchild <bi...@mainstar.com> wrote: > Latin is not dead. Many people converse in Latin around the world, > especially within Vatican City. There is also a radio news broadcast in > Latin: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntii_Latini > > At least one American public high school has conversational Latin classes: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBN0_UOL6I > > Thomas Jefferson began studying Latin and Greek when he was six years old. > This was normal in the 1740s. > > Bill Fairchild > Rocket Software > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Thomas H Puddicombe > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 12:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' > > Latin is a dead language > It's dead as it can be > First it killed the Romans > And now it's killing me. > > > Tom Puddicombe > Mainframe Performance & Capacity Planning CSC > > 71 Deerfield Rd, Meriden, CT 06450 > ITIS | (860) 428-3252 | tpudd...@csc.com | www.csc.com > > This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please > delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in > delivery. > NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to > any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or > government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such > purpose. > > > > From: > "Gibney, Dave" <gib...@wsu.edu> > To: > IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Date: > 04/13/2011 11:11 AM > Subject: > Re: The plural of 'virus' > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > > Behalf Of Shane > > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:44 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' > > > > After that last effort I decided I'd better see who had trodden on > > Johns corns and caused him to fire up again. > > > > Dave, Dave, Dave ... > > > That's a plan. I never had the opportunity to drop into Latin, let alone > drop out. At the risk of another language lesson, c'est la vie. > > > > > Next time we bump into each other in a bar this should keep us > > suitably entertained. > > > > Shane ... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the > archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the > archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
