As today's papers are excited about some councils removing Latin from our lingua franca...
I thought I'd share this from 21st Century Latin by linguist Sam Foster:
Calefaction muni - veniat! Colorandum pellum totum annum et via brevior ad litus!
Global warming - bring it on! An all-year tan and a shorter drive to the beach.
Gaurdian - Ave atque vale, lingua Latina - Some folk have too much time on their hands. QED.
Also just noticed a wee glitch that might employ many officers for many days if the write the funding application well enough.
'et cetera' is often abbreviated 'etc', I believe.
Now, I see possible problems with either the easily offended or Japanese communities with "and so on".
Newsnight
Daily Mail - The councils who ban Latin words because they are 'elitist and discriminatory' and confuse immigrants
Telegraph - Local council cretins ban Latin as 'elitist', pro bono publico
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