From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fca456da8e6ec463 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-26 13:14:46 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Lao Xiao Hai Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Latin and other irrelevant topics Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:11:10 -0800 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3A71E7EE.9CECEC95@ix.netcom.com> References: <94s5iq$rdk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.35.b8.14 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 26 Jan 2001 21:14:12 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4576 Date: 2001-01-26T21:14:12+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > ... not fair, it could fit, but I still don't remember him using > the term, and I had to learn thousands of lines of Ovid -- it > was the usual punishment at my school -- so while we were in > exile being punished, we got to learn all about his laments > of frigid winters in the North :-) I preferred his more entertaining work, Ars Amatoris. Of course we did not get to read that in high school Latin class. That was not introduced until college. Hmmmmm. Just thinking about that makes me want to run out and buy a Latin dictionary and locate a copy of Ovid's salacious work. :-) Richard