by Dwane | Dec 29, 2017 | English, Vocabulary
Another terrifying thought from Word Up: Live! Luposlipaphobia: fear of being chased around the table by timber wolves. From Latin lupus (wolf), English slip, and Greek φόβος (fear). (Thanks, Gary Larson). Join for free. Jennifer and Kimberly are getting up at 4:30...
by Dwane | Dec 28, 2017 | English, Vocabulary
Today, we talked about our worst...
by Dwane | Dec 27, 2017 | English
As some of you know, I am running a ridiculous experiment. Late this year, I lost the ability (okay, okay… the will) to rise early. I wanted to pick the habit up once again but wasn’t quite certain how to motivate myself to do. So, I decided to...
by Dwane | Nov 8, 2017 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Many of my students often have the misconception that all languages, including English, come from Latin. Nope. Not true. A lot of languages come from Latin, but English is not one of them. English is a Germanic language. We have borrowed a ton of vocabulary from...
by Dwane | Aug 24, 2017 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
I received this question: My son came across a problem on Visual Latin 1 Lesson 15. On the answer sheet it says that the word “feminam” means wife and “feminas” means wives but on the vocabulary list, it is not listed. It is listed as woman....
by Dwane | Aug 8, 2017 | Education, English, Latin
In the book First Year Latin by Robert Henle, the author requires students to diagram sentences from time to time. Unfortunately, there is not always sufficient explanation on how to do this. This summer, I have started a series of videos explaining how to diagram...
