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# How much?
/joke appeals to very limited audience who may have experience of latin at school.

leaves...
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:18, archived)
# Please don't bring Caecilius into this
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:20, archived)
# I don't mind games
I don't.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:23, archived)
# Caecilius est pater...
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:24, archived)
# Canis est in via

/still remembers first sentence in latin class
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:25, archived)
# good god
18 years and I'd managed to forget it all, and NOW! Gah!
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:27, archived)
# Hahahaha
Looks like EVERYONE EVER used the same Latin books in school.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:30, archived)
# oh yes indeed
mater est in atria
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:34, archived)
# 'Cept me by the looks of it
Quintus puer est
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:42, archived)
# You're not alone!
:)
(, Fri 18 May 2007, 20:51, archived)
# crikey
I just calculated that, for me too, it's been 18 years
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:32, archived)
# 20 for me
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:35, archived)
# 25 for me!
GAH!
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:43, archived)
# ohhh
I think I win. 26.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:47, archived)
# 4 years of latin
and thats the only sentence I can remember...
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 10:01, archived)
# Caecilius est in tablino.
good god what's going on
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:30, archived)
# pffft
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:24, archived)
# WTF
Has learning Latin got to do with quantum physics?
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:27, archived)
# *botty sexes*
Ha!
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:28, archived)
# Ouch!
*slaps wrist*
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:45, archived)
# 'Quantum' is a latin word meaning 'how much'/'how many'.
It's the word 'quantity' is derived from, I'd guess.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:31, archived)
# It's also where Quantum is derived from
as a modern word. Levels of probability.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:36, archived)
# My apologies.
I thought this was about quantum position probability densities, rather than just Latin per se.
(, Thu 17 May 2007, 9:52, archived)