Addendum to LCTL question

[David Powelstock]

Ben & SEELANGtsy,



I'm a little confused: is Latin or ASL the eighth of the "top 8 languages"?
If ASL, then Latin is the ninth?



Be that as it may, I am surprised to hear that more students are taking
Latin than Russian.  Not that there's anything wrong with Latin.  After all,
all our students should be taking all languages, no?  Kidding aside, this
eliminates, or at least throws into serious question, the common notion that
students don't take Russian because they're taking something hipper, e.g.
Chinese and Japanese.  Students are taking those languages, but they're also
taking Latin!  Do you have handy any historical indices for Russian vs.
Latin?  Has Latin ebbed as dramatically as Russian?  Concurrently, or along
a different curve?



Cheers,

David Powelstock  the a chance?

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> Subject: [SEELANGS] Addendum to LCTL question

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> Dear SEELANGers:

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> I forgot to note that American Sign Language is actually in the top 8

> languages as well, with over 60,000 students in US universities and

> colleges

> in 2002, but I did not include ASL enrollments in the LCTL enrollment

> question.

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> Sincerely,

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> Ben Rifkin

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