tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post9187895205236146564..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Did you know about Finland and Latin?Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81778874256468515062006-10-26T22:38:00.000+01:002006-10-26T22:38:00.000+01:00There is someone in Rome whose job it is to devise...There is someone in Rome whose job it is to devise words for modern things.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24177555499938864772006-10-26T20:05:00.000+01:002006-10-26T20:05:00.000+01:00You'd have a problem suddenly introducing Latin, b...You'd have a problem suddenly introducing Latin, because it doesn't have terms for modern things like the Internet - unless you borrowed and adapted existing terms from the Romance languages. A lot of these have been borrowed in large measure from English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26947474319398956822006-10-26T12:58:00.000+01:002006-10-26T12:58:00.000+01:00Why not do a Latin version of the newsletter, for ...Why not do a Latin version of the newsletter, for any passing Finns?<br />Or even a Latin blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-33942948308056686442006-10-26T10:11:00.000+01:002006-10-26T10:11:00.000+01:00Makes sense to use Latin in this sort of situation...Makes sense to use Latin in this sort of situation. Finnish is not an Indo-European language and very difficult for anyone from Western Europe to learn. Since all EU transactions must be translated two-ways, things are getting impossible. How many people are fluent in say, Finnish plus Portuguese?<br /><br />Finland is quite a sensible country in lots of ways eg like how they deal with Åland, which belongs to Finland but is just off the coast of Sweden, and ethnically Swedish. They allowed Åland near independence and now the capital, Mariehamn, is the duty-free capital of the Baltic.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.com