by Dwane | Mar 15, 2015 | Tip of the Week
According to Frederick Bodmer, in his book, The Loom of Language, French, Spanish, and Italian derive directly from Latin. “The deeper we delve into the past, the more French, Spanish, and Italian converge. Finally, they become one in Latin, or, to be more...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Hi there! At some point in the past few years, you joined an online Latin class with me. Or, perhaps it was a Greek class. I told you then that you could repeat the class for free. I am here to remind you that I was not kidding. You can repeat the class… for...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2015 | English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Aphorism: A maxim; a precept, or principle expressed in few words containing some important truth. “While there are loads of trite and silly statements, a good aphorism is supposed to stand the test of time and remain true and elegant — a very difficult...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2015 | Latin, Motivation, The Future
Do you spend a lot of time watching television? Turn it off. According to the United States Department of Labor, Americans spend almost 3 hours a day watching television. I have seen higher numbers on on other sites. But, hey, let’s give our fellow countrymen the...
by Dwane | Mar 13, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abstruse: hard to understand, difficult to comprehend. English is the clearest language I have ever studied. But, perhaps that is because I did not study English formally. English teachers, it seems, like to muddy the clear waters with their abstruse writing. ...
