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[medievalwombat]

Dear diary,

Today I memorised the present tense of the 3rd and 4th conjugation, and the -i stem of the 3rd declension. I've never felt more able to converse cum civibus romae....(with roman citizens).

I also bought a drizabone. It's black, and sexy.

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[edgecondition]

Excellent! Or should I say... excellentissimus!
What's a drizabone?

[medievalwombat]

You know some latin?

A drizabone is an australian raincoat. It's oil-soaked cotton so it repels water. It's so stereotypically Australian, that our team wore them in the opening ceremony of the athens olympics. I think they're the shizzy yo. They're also excellentissimus.

http://www.drizabone.com.au/

[edgecondition]

how cool!! We could use that coat here at least for half the year!! But then again, I wouldn't want to globalize such a great brand!
(I had 2 years of latin in high-school; I had a feeling I'd learned much more there than in 3.5 years of german where we just kept switching and loosing teachers every 2 months. However- by now I only have a vague recollection of a few odd words and the infamous dicta-et-sententiae)

[medievalwombat]

You're so lucky to have been exposed to so many languages... I imagine you speak at least two fluently... But I'm so jealous of Europeans and just the exposure to so many languages so nearby.

Eddie Izzard summed up the english attitude to it (an attitude which is even worse in australia):

englishman: bilingual? two languages in one head? it can't be done! no one can LIVE at that speed!
other person: the dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana!
englishman: yes, well, they're cheating.