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- From: wbralick@afit.af.mil (Will Bralick)
- Subject: Re: conversational latin
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.145625.13204@afit.af.mil>
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:56:25 GMT
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- In article <oneil.716253092@cwis> oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil) writes:
- | wbralick@afit.af.mil (Will Bralick) writes:
- |
- | >Salvete! (How should a letter begin? ``Si valemus; valeo.'' Perhaps?)
- ~~~
- Doi! Well, truer words ne'er were spake, neh? My dog ate my homework.
-
- | Here's an example from my (extremely worn but well loved) first year Latin
- | text:
- |
- | Anna Corneliae salutem dicit: si vales, bene est; valeo. :-)
- | ...
- | By the way, I'm a recently certified Latin teacher! It's good to see that
- | people are still studying Latin out there. Maybe I'll find a job yet! :-)
-
- You will make a wonderful teacher. Good luck and thanks for the help!
- Actually, I have a friend who has just left for the seminary with whom
- I will correspond in Latin ... we both will want the practice. Perhaps
- there is more demand than you think ...
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- Best regards,
-
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