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[waterspyder]

I just did French and English Grammar and Spelling tests...

English was no surprise (95%)

And I've decided that everyone that has ever told me that my French is sloppy or imperfect can kiss my ass. 
It wasn't perfect, but it was 80%.

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[corradus.livejournal.com]

Latin is a different matter. It may not be a spoken tongue all that much but it is the lingua franca of international science. Scientists around the world agreed on that tongue, so it is ubiquitous. Learning it for that reason alone makes sense.

It is also the foundation of a number of languages, and if you learn Latin, you have a leg up on learning them.

The French you're taught in school/formaly is generally spoken by a currently thinning intellectual class in one province in this country. Many 'Franco's' don't even speak that French and would indeed ridicule you if you did.

So yeah, one thing t'aint the other IMO.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

The French you're taught in school/formaly is generally spoken by a currently thinning intellectual class in one province in this country. Many 'Franco's' don't even speak that French and would indeed ridicule you if you did.

Well, we're agreed here. Vide supra, my comment on French snobbery. To borrow a phrase from Churchill, "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put."