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niyad

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14. To thiis day, I can still recite part of the Latin mass! And a friend and I

Reply to cachukis (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:14 PM

22 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:53 AM - Edit history (1)

always spoke Latin when we were in public. Again, growing up in the multi-lingual military, in a tri-lingual household, it was normal for me.

I simply do not understand these people and their anti-intellectualism. I DO understand the powers that be about this. After all, one cannot control a populace capable of critical thought, and in multiple languages!

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On language: it occurs to me, yet again, with all the insane freakouts [View all] niyad 23 hrs ago OP

English is are language Dear_Prudence 23 hrs ago #1

The little red pen in my head is in constant motion some days! niyad 23 hrs ago #4

And it's OFFICAL! Permanut 23 hrs ago #6

Only since March 2025 niyad 23 hrs ago #9

you spelled "rite" incorrectly. ret5hd 15 hrs ago #17

Morans SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #2

To this day, some of us still use it to indicate a truly deep level of niyad 23 hrs ago #7

I saw a meme I'll paraphrase..the Constitution is in English and you guys don't seem to understand that. At all Deuxcents 23 hrs ago #3

That particular meme is what prompted my post tonight. niyad 23 hrs ago #5

In the run-up to 2016, they used to tout Melania's multi-lingual skills (fluent in seven languages, or so they said). Sogo 23 hrs ago #8

Six, although we never saw any indication of it. niyad 23 hrs ago #11

How many of the lily white peeps screaming johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #10

Interesting question. niyad 23 hrs ago #12

I suspect part of the problem stems from early cachukis 22 hrs ago #13

To thiis day, I can still recite part of the Latin mass! And a friend and I niyad 22 hrs ago #14

"...ignorant, clueless, provincial" and, in many cases, proud to be so. 3catwoman3 22 hrs ago #15

Sadly, you are quite correct about their pride. niyad 20 hrs ago #16

I really hope there is no one here who understands Hungarian LOL DFW 14 hrs ago #18

I rarely use that one unless I am truly annoyed. A single digit niyad 6 hrs ago #19

I don't think I'll ever make it to thirteen DFW 4 hrs ago #20