Given one choice only, which would you choose to learn?

[rug]

[DainBramaged]

1. I can type (66 words per min in High School) and I hate Latin? What else is ther in life?

[rug]

3. Eventually they'll develop real speech recognition but Latin is eternal.

[DainBramaged]

5. I have never had the need to use Latin in my life, and my doctors use plain English

when writing prescriptions now.


I guess it's not my style (or heritage).

[rug]

7. You just used it in at least three words.

[DainBramaged]

12. Tu tikko lietojuši vismaz trīs vārdus

That's the Latvian translation of what you just said




Tu tikko lietojuši vismaz trīs vārdus

[rug]

16. You sure? It looks Estonian from here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear rug...

Typing...but of course I already know how!

I've also studied Latin...I'd rather not go there again!

:hi:

[rug]

4. But don't you find the vocabulary stayed with you?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Not really...

I took it in high school, and again in college...

College was more than 40 years ago!

So...no.

My husband is currently studying it...he wants to be able to read the ancient texts on Roman walls.

Yikes. I'm hearing about the declensions and all the stuff I hated!

I really have zero motivation for studying it any more.

[rug]

10. Help him translate Ovid. You'll never leave the bedroom.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. ROFLMAO!

We're not newlyweds, ya know!

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. I've already learned typing and keep fresh in my mind Steve Martin's warning about Latin:

"I learned just enough Latin in High School to screw me up for the rest of my life."

[rug]

9. I suspect he got screwed up in elementary school.

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. According to his recent autobiography, that is just about correct.

It was too painful to finish.

[surrealAmerican]

8. Not that typing wouldn't be more useful ...

... but Latin would actually be interesting.

[rug]

11. Amen.

[hippywife]

14. I took both in High School

so I'm unable to participate in your poll.

:rofl:

[rug]

18. See? In my high school it was one or the other.

[KansDem]

15. Latin...I can always learn "keyboarding" later...(nt)

[rug]

17. Astute.

[begin_within]

20. Latin is the language of the dead.

In this modern world, the computer is so prevalent that typing is a must-have skill, at least in my opinion.

[rug]

21. They used to say that about the quill. Penmanship was once an actual craft.

[JTG of the PRB]

22. Latin by a mile. They tried to teach my typing once.

Once.

I type with two fingers - my left index and my right index. I can't do the whole "key positions" or whatever they're called. My brain could never assimilate that information. I think my system works well enough, though.

[rug]

25. I type with my index and middle finger.

Index in the Lounge, middle in GDP.

[Kali]

23. both are very useful

I already have basic typing skills. I have a slight familiarity with Latin from Spanish and science - I suspect learning Latin would benefit in the reverse direction.

[rug]

26. I don't type but Latin enriches most words I see.

[OhioChick]

24. Already know both.

:P

[rug]

27. Showoff.

[OhioChick]

29. ......

:rofl:

[Pool Hall Ace]

28. Latin. Unfortunately, they dropped in from my high school

just as I was about to enter. x(

[rug]

30. It's a shame. Those classes are hard to find, even in college.

[nuxvomica]

31. I took Latin in high school and never took typing

Given the choice, I would take Latin again rather than learn typing. I haven't retained a lot from it but I certainly enjoyed studying it at the time.

[rug]

32. If you had, your name would be qwerty.

[nuxvomica]

33. Ha. I guess I did retain some Latin after all

When I first read your reply, I thought "Why would I change my name from 'Joe' to 'qwerty'?"
:rofl:

[armyowalgreens]

34. I can average over 100 words per minute. So I guess Latin.