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Re: We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin

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Post by nephihaha » Thu, May 28, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC

TFNA wrote: post #61

snowpid wrote: post #6

As a side note I do think Latin language should be become the official language of the EU. It's dead so - its a compromise for all member staes - you can change as you like - it was used millennials as a law language so it fits

The EU has already started expanding to countries whose prestigious classical language was Greek, not Latin, so Latin would no longer look like a compromise but favoritism towards Western Europe.

Latin still had some prestige in the east of Europe. I was surprised to learn recently that Vladimir Lenin read Roman classics in the original for enjoyment.

Re: We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin

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Post by mostertoaster » Thu, May 28, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

watwut wrote: post #87

mostertoaster wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The classical school movement in America is growing quite rapidly, and so maybe we start to see it again? My kids at least are all learning Latin, and later, Greek.

Probably not. They were not learning it for funsies, but because it was the business language. English took its place now. If English goes away, it will be replaced by a language by another dominant business power.

Yeah I agree.

Still would be very valuable to be able to read works that shaped western civilization in their original language, since a lot of nuance is lost translating to English. Just see how many crazy readings of the Bible people have (american evangelicals particularly ) because English can’t express the original idea in Greek well enough.

Re: We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin

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Post by throw0101c » Thu, May 28, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC

sdsd wrote: post #57

celebril wrote: post #33

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It's only stylish because of the imagined qualities of prestige vested in a language you're not fluent in. It's the same as how you get English-speaking people realising how cringe-inducing anime dialogue really is when they hear it in English instead of Japanese, and then championing "the only REAL way of consuming anime is in Japanese dub!", not realising the Japanese used in that is also extremely cringey. People…

No, the Tridentine (Latin mass) has many other qualities aside from just being in Latin that make it pretty spectacular compared to the Novus Ordo (post Vatican II) mass. You should find a church that does it near you, it's really incredible and quite unlike what you're used to if you've only ever experienced the modern mass. I'm not Catholic but everyone should attend Latin mass at least once just as an artistic exp…

> You should find a church that does it near you, it's really incredible and quite unlike what you're used to if you've only ever experienced the modern mass.

Flying through the air is a remarkable thing, and people used to dress up for it. But as prices dropped it has become (in many parts of the world) the equivalent of a bus service, and people dress the same was for a flight as they do as going to (say) Walmart.

If you do something often enough it can stop being special:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill