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Subject: I'd rather have Latin...

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Roberdin

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Date Posted: 13:35:50 11/07/04 Sun
In reply to: Ed Harris (Venezia) 's message, "French" on 12:57:05 11/07/04 Sun

My dad suggests that we should bring back Latin as the common language of Europe - not a bad idea really. Better than French, and moreover, it could be highly useful for understanding English.

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Ed Harris (Off to London again)
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Date Posted: 16:18:39 11/09/04 Tue

You know, the Scandinavians - well, a couple of Scandinavian countries - are just nuts about Latin, and show the weather forecast in that splendid old language. Sweden is certainly one, but I forget the other. Perhaps they would support the reintroduction of Latin as the 'European' language? Just so long as it is not accompanied by Roman Law, I'm happy with that... it's Common Law for me, laddie; none of that bloody Justinian Code as far as I'm concerned. Decius and Julian were all right, but Diocletian and Theodosius and Justinian's legal frameworks - which I fear have crept into the Euro Constitution - make me want to tear my hair out and bite people to death. Well, not quite... but they make me rather angry.

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