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- From: rcape@scott.skidmore.edu (robert cape)
- Subject: Re: Monty Python's Latin lesson from Life of Brian
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.172202.6295@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
- References: <1992Jul22.204010.9691@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:22:02 GMT
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- Forgive me if I am wrong, but I think the quote goes like this,
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- Brian writes: ROMANI EUNT DOMUS
- Guard corrects to: ROMANI ITE DOMUM
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- The guard calls DOMUM locative (for which he should check his school
- grammar book. :) It is accusative of place to which. :) ).
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- This IS a nice segment of film to use in class, since it does
- illustrate the importance of case endings, an irregular verb, and a
- special place construction. And, you do not HAVE to have attended a
- boy's school to have seen it....I have used it in my Latin classes at
- UCLA, St. John's, and Skidmore. :)
-
- Cheers!
-
- Bob Cape
- e-mail: rcape@skidmore.edu
- snail: Classics Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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- ----"Always look on the bright side of life," (whistle noises)...----
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