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Latin makes comeback thanks to Pink Floyd and Pope

Friday, February 13th, 2015

From Facebook to Pink Floyd and Google to Harry Potter, long-dead Latin is enjoying something of a modern renaissance.

Some students in Rome speak the language all day, and one band has even produced an album in the mother tongue of Julius Caesar.

Nor is the language confined to dusty books: Google Translate now has a Latin setting, and Facebook’s 1.2 billion users can choose Latin as their default language, where on logging in they are asked “Quid in animo tuo est” (“What’s in your mind”).

More than 3,000 people have subscribed to a new online monthly magazine called “Hebdomada Aenigmatum” which features crosswords, Sudoku and other puzzles in the long-dead language used by ancient Roman emperors and philosophers. Continue reading

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