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I Just Had a Latin Moment!
DIDN'T THINK LATIN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR WORLD? THINK AGAIN!
Just saw something on TV that was related to something you learned in
Latin class? Spotted a word derived from Latin in your favorite book? Well, perhaps you've
just had a Latin moment!
Latin Moments are worth extra credit points. Look for Latin all
around you!
Need to see examples? Read Latin Moments from
2000-2001 or
2001-2002.
I HAD A LATIN MOMENT!
- On Tomb Raider she's trying to save the clock of time and she says
"tempus fugit" (time flies). MAV 10/24/02
- On the show called Even Stevens they were trying out for a play
and the director said "cut" and then he said "carpe diem" (seize the
day). AS 9/30/02
- On the show called Even Stevens in the background there was a sign
on the door which said "carpe diem" (seize the day). AS 9/30/02
- On the computer a pop-up came up and said carpe diem. (on
www.runescape.com) JG 9/29/02
- The song, "O Come All Ye Faithful" is Adeste Fidelis in Latin. PD
10/21/02 Post Mortem was one of the words in our Reading Class for a
scary word. It means "after death." KS
- Emminem said Post Mortem (after death) in one of his songs. KS In
Rose Red the house was dormant (from dormit, asleep). KS Civis Romanus
Sum/I am a Roman citizen (in JFK's speech) (?) JV 10/10/02 I
- n 7th period my teacher brought up some Latin: Anno
Domini (AD) DC 9/30/02
- When we were in Math class we were talking about Roman numerals.
DC 9/24/02
- Carolina comes from carolus which is Latin for Charles. LK
10/10/02 In Italian, fenestria is window; in Latin it is fenestra. I
saw it on The Golden Girls. LN 9/20/02
- Dios is God in Spanish, deus in Latin. JV 9/1/02
- Lavar is wash in Spanish and lavare is wash in Latin. AS 10/2/02
- Mercantilism is a vocabulary word in Social Studies. It is from
mercator, merchant, in Latin. 10/11/02
- In English class a girl had a shirt on that said, "Heartbreaker
cum laude." Cum laude means with praise. SR 10/15/02
- I watched a movie called the Ghosts of Mars and this many said
that the ghosts go dormant from dormit, which means sleeping. PP
10/9/02
- I was watching One Saturday Morning and Mikey said "Sum, es, est,
sumus, estis, sunt." KS 10/7/02
- Carolus comes from the Latin word for Charles. AS 10/7/02
- solo/sola means alone in Spanish and solus/sola is alone in
Latin. JV
10/7/02
- Dell has a motto: Carpe Dimension: Seize the Dell. LK 8/22/02
- (I just had a Latin Moment) when I showed my teacher a canadian
penny with D G REGINA (deo gratia)--queen by the grace of god. DC
8/22/02
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