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Curio Agelastus wrote:You make an interesting point.
Curio Agelastus wrote:There is a difference between Latin and historic Greek, and modern languages. The former may not be dead, but an effort must still be made to keep them alive.
Curio Agelastus wrote:On the other hand, if the 'ancient' were to be dropped from the name, then that might be considered license to speak any language one pleased. And you know that would happen, if only because people like me have that kind of bizarre sense of humour, i nie chcesz tamtym, tak?
Curio Agelastus wrote:In any case, if the new fora currently being discussed do get set up, then we might end up with a Spanish forum, and Italian forum, a German forum, a French forum, etc. In which case the name of this forum might be useful to distinguish it from those which are merely alternative language fora, as opposed to one set up for the purpose of discussing the academic side of linguistics.
Scerio wrote:I do agree, however, that Linguarum Antiquarum should be changed to Linguarum et Litterarum. I also use that convention at my forum, since undoubtedly language and literature are rarely separated. In fact, they depend on each other.
Cleopatra wrote:I also agree with Marius that it should still be linguam antiquarum, otherwise we could discuss there also matters of English, French, Spanish and German etc. So it makes clear that it's a college for ancient language opposed to modern languages.
Curio Agelastus wrote:"Of course, I could go to the Collegium Historicum, propose for discussion some highly controversial or even provocative point of contemporary history, completely Roman unrelated (like whether the Poles should abandon Silesia and return it to their German owners"
We have discussed contemporary issues before. We are not particularly uptight here. And for the record, I think Silesia should be taken from the Poles and granted to the Habsburg family, in what would be the greatest act of political irony since the Treaty of Lausanne.
Curio Agelastus wrote:"As I indicated, you seem to be confusing on the one hand the language in which messages to the forums are sent... and on the other hand the topic of the forums themselves"
I am not confusing them. I was simply pointing out that the desire for multi-lingualism might yet be satisfied if the attempts at extra fora for different languages are achieved.
Curio Agelastus wrote:The crux of my argument is that Latin is not the same as French, Polish or Italian, simply because an effort has to be made to keep the language going.
Curio Agelastus wrote:The aforementioned modern languages are spoken naturally. No doubt you don't like this, but Latin *is* an ancient language.
Curio Agelastus wrote:It may still have life in it (For instance, Marius takes pride in the fact that his Latin is as evolving as any language) but it is only Classical scholars and Latinophiles who speak it now. Therefore, this forum is for discussing *Ancient* languages.
Curio Agelastus wrote:That said, this isn't a particularly important point; we would probably do better to devote our attention to academic discussion.
Curio Agelastus wrote:"The issue remains, in any case, that no other college has felt the need to adopt such a glorious adjective in their names."
This is indeed so.
Agelastus alicubi wrote:However, it's not that important. We've discussed linguistic trends that have included modern samples before, and we've discussed other modern issues before; since none of us is overly uptight about the fora, I don't think it matters that much.
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