Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Deja vu post of the day


In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put- downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or fire coworkers, blame corporate scandals on someone else, cheer at a World Wrestling Entertainment match, talk back to your computer or Game Boy, deal with your road rage, evade threatening situations, snowboard in style, talk like Tony Soprano, and much more.
When I learned Latin, it was because it was still being used not only in the Catholic church but advised for those who were planning to go into medicine etc. And it did help me memorize the terms in medical school. But what it really helped me was in picking up Spanish to talk with my patients.

We translated Caesar etc. but the guys studying in their all male classes said Father Foster got them interested in the language by spicing it up.

So tell Father Z that Latin is making a comeback...

So where would you use this knowledge? From the Amazon's comments:

Raunchy? Yes, but who's raunchier than the ancient Romans? Any book that includes a chapter entitled, "Small Talk during a Colonoscopy," can't be all bad.

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