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2 Mar

Why to teach your kid Latin

Posted March 2, 2010 by lauowolf in Uncategorized.

Because then, when she's taking Archaeology 1 and looking at animal bones, she can come up with:

"Lupus isn't the same thing as lepus.
It isn't hungry like a rabbit.
Besides, don't you watch House? It's never lupus."

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  1. Posted by Aubrey on March 2, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    Latin non-sequiturs. There's nothing better.

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  2. Posted by Cap'n Stephel on March 2, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Hehe!

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  3. Posted by mariser on March 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    that's funny. in a twisted wayI've lost count how often I've been told by medical personnel "it has to be lupus".no it isn't. I've been checked for the antibodies. thrice. had the lung scans. had the skin tests.we don't know what it is, but definitely not lupus.

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  4. Posted by Lurkertype on March 2, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    awesome. I've been brushing up on my Latin of late.she's too young to remember the giant-bunny horror movie "Night of the Lepus".

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  5. Posted by lauowolf on March 2, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    Oh no she isn't!We have personally guided her through pretty much the entire corpus of scifi B-movies.That's really a particularly bad one.(I blame MSTK)

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  6. Posted by LBeeeze on March 2, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    Maybe hungry like a fox instead?!

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  7. Posted by little miao on March 2, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    I watched Night of the Lepus too! That would be a good movie to watch snuggled up with the Miao Bros.I for one am grateful that my parents taught me Latin when I was homeschooled.

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  8. Posted by Bettina on March 3, 2010 at 12:41 am

    "Besides, don't you watch House? It's never lupus." LOL!And if she ever learns Spanish, it will help.

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  9. Posted by DKN on March 3, 2010 at 6:52 am

    LOL! my boyfriend finds that his Latin comes in most handy at Pub Quiz.

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  10. Posted by MoonCat on March 3, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    ROFLMAO!!! I love it!.

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  11. Posted by Lurkertype on March 3, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    I knew you were a great mom.

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  12. Posted by lauowolf on March 6, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Actually, she's a great kid.From the outside it looks like the same thing.

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