tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post3661198566686222868..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: A Classical SundayFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-20343316452644230752009-11-14T16:00:52.111+00:002009-11-14T16:00:52.111+00:00James Moran is the writer of that one (born 1972),...James Moran is the writer of that one (born 1972), according to the Fount of All Knowledge (Wikipedia). Which of our contemporaries is writing Who? I'm a bit out of touch with such details, I'm afraid to say.Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-89429687839151899382009-11-13T01:34:24.968+00:002009-11-13T01:34:24.968+00:00Who was the writer on that one? It's disconce...Who was the writer on that one? It's disconcerting to find that our contemporaries are now writing <i>Dr Who</i>. (I find it even more of a cognitive speed-bump than David being Foreign Secretary or Boris being Mayor of London!)<br /><br />Do you suppose they had to pay royalties for the use of these characters, or were the CLC people happy to collaborate in return for the oblique advertising?Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-83202682592224330202009-11-12T22:29:03.406+00:002009-11-12T22:29:03.406+00:00One year of it before moving on to Wilding.
I was...One year of it before moving on to Wilding.<br /><br />I was rather amused when Caecilius and co appeared in the episode of Dr Who set in Pompeii last season. Kris had no idea why I was howling with laughter.Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-81660733912628805412009-11-05T09:50:18.410+00:002009-11-05T09:50:18.410+00:00I do believe you're right, Swordsman.
Were yo...I do believe you're right, Swordsman.<br /><br />Were you raised on Cambridge Latin?Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-91223504633164608762009-11-05T03:41:14.534+00:002009-11-05T03:41:14.534+00:00Cogidubnus?Cogidubnus?Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-24999772463484569502009-10-30T14:35:24.827+00:002009-10-30T14:35:24.827+00:00Not forgetting Kennedy's Eating Primer of cour...Not forgetting Kennedy's Eating Primer of course. I do like the "because he's the hero" response though.The Nagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-27009733213133591332009-10-29T03:50:01.693+00:002009-10-29T03:50:01.693+00:00Thank for those links, JES.
I never warmed to the...Thank for those links, JES.<br /><br />I never warmed to the Cambridge series myself; although I believe it is now - or was in the 90s - the most successful Latin course in the UK, and thus probably helping to keep the subject alive in our schools (in those handful of schools that still offer it). It didn't have enough on grammar for me!<br /><br />I was raised on a much more traditional style of primer, Wormald & Blandford's 'Path to Latin'. <br /><br />[Erm, is this an exclusively English thing - or perhaps an English private schools' thing - to refer to textbooks by the name of the author? It's such an entrenched convention that most of the key texts used in Law - Archbold (on criminal court procedure), Chitty (on contracts), etc. - have come to be named officially in this style; named, presumably, after the first, or seminal, editor, long since passed on.]Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-24444267478975594432009-10-28T21:20:41.233+00:002009-10-28T21:20:41.233+00:00You're welcome, again. I (*cough* usually) enj...You're welcome, again. I (*cough* usually) enjoy these little research projects -- especially for a payoff as lovely as this "Andromeda."<br /><br />Latin is the only "foreign" language I ever had occasion to learn. Naturally, your mentioning the Cambridge course sent me off on yet another hunt, since I'd never heard of it. I guess you know it's apparently still... still... thriving? <em>healthy</em>, at least -- at least <a href="http://cambridgescp.com/page.php?p=clc%5Etop%5Ehome" rel="nofollow">apparently</a>. Especially liked <a href="http://www.parsonsd.co.uk/cambridge.php" rel="nofollow">the filmed version</a> of book 2, with what looks a bit like sub-Doctor-Who-Series-1ish production values.JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.com