Earliest tsk-tsk?

[Baker, John]

        Do you think you could give a translation for those of us whose
Latin is a little rusty?

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> From: Mai Kuha [SMTP:mkuha at BSUVC.BSU.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:52 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Earliest tsk-tsk?
>
> Very nice! Thanks. I was actually hoping for quotes that don't give away
> which language the speaker is grieving for, but I can definitely use this
> one.
>
> -Mai
>
> On Thu, 24 May 2001, A. Maberry wrote:
>
> > how about the epitaph of the Roman poet Naevius (d. ca. 199 B.C.E.).
> >
> > 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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