rename the planets. calling our solar system after roman gods is out-of-date and only perpetuates class privilege of toffs who study roman mythology at private schools.
this is the entire POINT of a 'learned language' (formerly a sacred language, or a language of law, even, in the secular, such as french). it's an elevated mode of discourse above local, specific, particular languages, which are given to the vagaries of time and falling into minority use. scholars have been communicating and transmitting specialist knowledge in latin for CENTURIES. a german biologist can immediately know what an american researcher is talking about when they refer to a bacterium or bird species, for instance. a person today can understand newton's or leibniz's latin manuscripts. or would you prefer to have to learn middle english or elizabethan english in order to grasp a universal scientific truth? deeeerp deeerp deeerp. don't be so goddamned provincial and assume that everyone throughout history, including your beloved scientific enlightenment, has been able to speak english as a second language. it was the norm to write mathematical or physics theses in latin right up until the very modern era, precisely for that reason (some of the most influential maths and philosophy papers of the 20th century were presented in latin). your own beloved science would not have progressed half as fast if everyone published in their vernacular!
but i guess it has only ever been used by posh idiots, 'like a school tie', as a badge of insider-status.
your stubbornness and bizarre personal grudges are like nothing i have ever seen away from this forum. get help.
also medical, biological and taxonomical terms are precisely improved by latin, you fucking derp. by virtue of the fact that latin is the mother language of almost every mainstream western language today. the latin meaning SIGNIFIES something to people from ALL countries, because ALL of their languages share the common latinate roots. think about training to be a biologist or doctor in, say, modern europe or america, if you had to learn vernacular terms each and every time for your entire field??? latin has quite literally effected collaboration across an entire polyglot continent, you utter mongoloid.None of these are really improved by latin or need it
this is the entire POINT of a 'learned language' (formerly a sacred language, or a language of law, even, in the secular, such as french). it's an elevated mode of discourse above local, specific, particular languages, which are given to the vagaries of time and falling into minority use. scholars have been communicating and transmitting specialist knowledge in latin for CENTURIES. a german biologist can immediately know what an american researcher is talking about when they refer to a bacterium or bird species, for instance. a person today can understand newton's or leibniz's latin manuscripts. or would you prefer to have to learn middle english or elizabethan english in order to grasp a universal scientific truth? deeeerp deeerp deeerp. don't be so goddamned provincial and assume that everyone throughout history, including your beloved scientific enlightenment, has been able to speak english as a second language. it was the norm to write mathematical or physics theses in latin right up until the very modern era, precisely for that reason (some of the most influential maths and philosophy papers of the 20th century were presented in latin). your own beloved science would not have progressed half as fast if everyone published in their vernacular!
but i guess it has only ever been used by posh idiots, 'like a school tie', as a badge of insider-status.
your stubbornness and bizarre personal grudges are like nothing i have ever seen away from this forum. get help.
Last edited by uziq (2021-06-01 07:48:14)
