Earliest tsk-tsk?

A. Maberry maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Fri May 25 15:37:43 UTC 2001


> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Baker, John wrote:
>
> >         Do you think you could give a translation for those of us whose
> > Latin is a little rusty?

Well, mine is exceptionally rusty but here goes:

if it is proper for the immortals to weep for mortals
the Muses will weep for the poet Naevius.
for after he was delivered to the realms of Orcus
the Romans forgot how to speak the Latin language.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu


> > > >
> > > > inmortales mortales si foret fas flere,
> > > > flerent diuae Camenae Naeuium poetam.
> > > > itaque postquam est Orcho traditus thesauro,
> > > > obliti sunt Romae loquier lingua Latina.
> > > >
> > > > Allen
> > > > maberry at u.washington.edu
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Mai Kuha wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > What might be the earliest documented cases of negative reactions to
> > > > > language change (for example, statements along the lines of "young
> > > > > people nowadays don't speak the language well")? I've heard that these
> > > > > sentiments were expressed in ancient Greece and Rome, but haven't
> > > found
> > > > > the actual quotes. Does anyone have such quotes handy? Thanks in
> > > advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Mai
>



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