The 2,000,000th post game

Merle Tottenham was in CAVALCADE with Frank Lawton, who was in THE QUEEN’S GUARDS with Elizabeth Shepherd, who was in CRIMINAL LAW with Kevin Bacon.

What did the the drummer call his twin daughters?

Anna one, Anna two!

TODAY IS PPL STILL SPEAK LATIN DAY

A little to the left.

Steady..,

…steady I say!

Yes. Yes! That’s just about right…

NO!

I didn’t say go right…

…I said it was just about right!

Dammit, fine…

…let’s start over.

And this time…

…I’ll say correct.

And

So, how old is Latin? To put it briefly — about 2,700 years old. The birth of Latin took place around 700 BC in a small settlement sloping up towards Palatine Hill. The speakers of this language were called Romans, after their legendary founder, Romulus.

Although many modern languages were heavily influenced by Latin, it is not spoken today as any nation's official language. Nonetheless, Latin is all around us. Similar to Sanskrit or Ancient Greek, Latin does not have native speakers, which qualifies it as a “Dead Language”.

Latin provides a key to the Romance languages, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese etc. Latin is the universal language of western civilization. Actually, Latin provides the blueprint for any language we may be learning later in life: German, Russian, Chinese, or any other one.

Latin's decline began after the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council, which allowed the use of local languages in the celebration of the Mass. Pope John Paul II, who is fluent in Latin, reinstated the Latin Mass for certain occasions and generally encouraged the use of the language in the church.

Invented language is a phenomenon that stretches across cultures. Pig Latin seems to have been invented by American children sometime in the 1800s, originally it was called Hog Latin. Pig Latin solidified its place in the American consciousness with the release of the song Pig Latin Love in 1919.