Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet,
consectetur, adipisci velit . . .
"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to
have it, simply because it is pain
".
Cicero,
De finibus bonorum et malorum,(On the ends of good and evil) a treatise
on the theory of ethics written in 45 BC
http://s3.amazonaws.com/loebolus/L040.pdf
<http://s3.amazonaws.com/loebolus/L040.pdf>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote:
>
> Richard,
>
> It appears that Texas has many talented people, including George W.
who has a hidden talent for painting dogs. As far as learning languages
are concerned, are you studying these languages on your own or do you
have teachers to help you?
>
> JR
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" richard@
wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > > > Habemus Papam!
> > > > >
> > > > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ut aliquip ex ea commodo
> > > > consequat...
> > > >
> > John jr_esq:
> > > We're impressed with your Latin. But what does it say?
> > >
> > Thanks, John - Latin, like Sanskrit, is a dead language.
> >
> > Currently I am learning not only Latin, but Spanish, French,
> > Japanese, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tibetan, and Urdu.
> >
> > FYI:
> >
> > In fact, Sanskrit has never been the spoken language of
> > any people, anywhere.
> >
> > There are no bija mantras mentioned in Rig Veda, and no
> > bija mantras are found in any Vedic Literature.
> >
> > There is a lot of information about Sanskrit coming out
> > of Texas lately, some of it is true and some of it is
> > just plain misleading.
> >
> > However, in reality, there are not that many ordinary
> > folks around here who can read Sanskrit or understand it,
> > much less recite the nicknames of all the devas in a
> > foreign tongue!
> >
> > We depend on hearsay for most of our information, usually
> > overhearing phrases at camp-meets. A few bhogis like to
> > read newsgroups on the Internet and post by day, but many
> > of us adepts do not even like to use overseas languages
> > for communication among ourselves, preferring instead our
> > own native Tex-Mex dialect, called Lingo, which is ideally
> > suited to household life.
> >
> > However, a lot of folks around here are bi-lingual to a
> > certain degree. In fact, San Antonio has been described
> > as one of the most diverse ethnic cities in the U.S. I
> > guess that is why they call that amusement park 'Six Flags
> > Over Texas'. LoL!
> >
> > Anyway, we local yokels aproppriate our phrases from Yaqui,
> > Spanish, English, German, and French words. In addition,
> > we make use of a lot of place names that we ripped off
> > from the native indigenous population, such as Pontiac,
> > Taos, and Milwaukee.
> >
> > This notwithstanding, there has been an increased interest
> > in Oriental vernaculars, such as Hindi and Tibetan, due to
> > an influx of tourists, immigrants, and International
> > students.
> >
> > The resident Swami here is said to be able to speak five
> > languages, including fluent English and Urdu. The Swami,
> > who recently gave a speech in Hindi, has an interesting
> > habit of omitting certain dipthongs when using Sanskrit
> > words, e.g. Yog for Yoga, etc.
> >
> > In addition, there has been an increased interest in
> > learning Sanskrit on this very newsgroup. One informant,
> > sometimes posting under the handle 'Chief Shitting Bull',
> > claims to have a special apprenticeship with a certain
> > 'Mullquist', who is reputed to be somewhat of a linguist
> > somewhere up in Nokialand.
> >
> > Apparently, the language called Sanskrit was not spoken
> > by the Vedic population of ancient India, being a dead
> > language akin to Latin, and used solely for oral liturgical
> > purposes by priests during the Homa ceremony.
> >
> > Written Sanskrit was invented later by Panini, who lived
> > long after the Vedas were first recited by the ancient
> > rishis and sages. It is a fact, that the first known
> > written vernacular in India is from the pillar of King
> > Ashoka at Sarnath, and it is not written in Sanskrit.
> >
>
