Old School Hacker

Gaelic from the BBC

Canada and the US have an astounding number of people with irish and scottish heritage.  There is, in fact, quite a lot of irish heritage in my own family.  My grandfather was initiated into the Orange Lodge in 1929.  I am told my great grandfather was born in ireland, and personally owned a shelalegh. 

A part of that heritage for many is the gaelic language.  There are still parts deep in Scotland, Ireland and Wales where it is the only language people speak.  As part of an effort to preserve this heritage, the BBC has organized a number of resources for learning gaelic.  You can find the site here. They have a couple of programs intended for learning the language, as well as articles and stories in gaelic.

Medieval Latin

Medieval latin differs greatly from classical latin.  It is the latin that continued in use and evolved.  There is a move away from declensions and it gains new words that don't appear in classical latin.  The National Archives in England have put together a medieval latin tutorial page.   It looks like a great resource for learning medieval latin.  Link via.

Latin

I spent a year in university, studying the classics(ancient roman and greek culture and civilization).  I wasn't able to finish that degree, something I continually regret.  I continue to learn on my own what I can and build up my library.  I have recently learned of a daily vocabulary email from Textkit for both latin and greek.  You do need to sign up for their newsletter first, but it is an interesting email.  Thus far I've had two words:

dominus, -i, m. lord, master

cibus, -i, m. food

These two words can give us phrases like eda cibum non infantes, "Eat Food, Not Children."  There is dominus edat cibum, "The master is eating food."  Or dominus edat seruum, "The master is eating the slave."  Dominus verberat cibum serui - which, if I remember right, would be "The master is hitting the slave's food."  or, "The master is hitting the food of the slave."