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I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments on my speech register idea and my whole project in general. Seems fine to me. I don't understand why you call it "Vulgar" Latin instead of just "Latin" though. I suppose "Late Spoken Latin" might be more descriptive. I'm aiming for the latest, more or less...

Wikipedia under "Dunglish" for the humorous context. It just occurred to me that the dutch verb in question may be a causative cognate of our own F word, but I find no verification. Thoughts, anyone?

Why not just learn classical Latin? It's not that hard, the language as a whole is remarkably regular and comprehension of even huge texts such as the Aeneid is easy after some study. Latin is remarkably regular? There are a handful of paradigms that are repeated throughout, so I'd definitely say s...

I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments on my speech register idea and my whole project in general. Seems fine to me. I don't understand why you call it "Vulgar" Latin instead of just "Latin" though. I suppose "Late Spoken Latin" might be more descriptive. I'm aiming for the latest, more or less...

Or did you mean your phone thinks Vegemite is Hegemony? I usually leave phone predictoids in my texts, because I think they're funny. Predictably, Chrome's spell check doesn't recognize the word predictoid, and thinks I mean "predictable" Technology has a way to go dealing with human language, you t...

And to Imralu, We usually cook and clean up together, so there:) PS. There is no Veg e mite in my kitchen, Imralu, neither is there likely ever to be. But there is lot's of peanut butter. I realised it was probably just poor word choice, but I'm sure you can understand how it came across. I love Ve...

Leaving aside the terminological difficulties inherent to the name "Vulgar Latin" (of which I am sure you are aware already), I would suggest that the begining of the sixth century is perhaps too late a target date for an "undifferentiated" Vulgar Latin: epigraphic evidence suggests that by this po...

Well, it's Vulgar Latin, you have to think Roman... uxor, tace! As for your request, I can't really help other than saying I speak Vulgar Latin myself, sort of... Spanish. Compare among modern romance languages for tense usage, development, etc. Multas gratias, amicus. Actually, it should be fairly...

I may suggest that my wife learn it, too. fixed Point well taken, Kereb. But I'm no neanderthal, and don't mean to imply any insistance or coercion on my part. She alleady can pass in Spanish and French, and she is very tolerant, even encouraging, of my language thing. I just meant that as I jibber...

I thought as much. I guess I'm just a bit of a perfectionist.

Hi everyone. Oh boy, am I embarrassed by my early attempt at a Vulgar Latin "Desiderata". On the other hand, I am grateful for all the comments and attention it got, so thanks. I just started a new topic entitled simply "Vulgar Latin" today. I've been away, and now I'm back, I'm at it again. So, any...

Hi, everyone. I apparently have an account here, which is just as well, since it looks like I'd have to send someone an email to get one. Anyway, I am one exhausted (obsessed) conlanger. Briefly, I am (re)constructing a form of common, mutually mostly intelligible Vulgar Latin for personal use. I ma...

Arzena wrote:Shouldn't /t/ and /d/ >0 _# in Vulgar Latin?

I am unclear as to how long it persisted in the conjugation, but am under the impression that it may have persisted longer in single syllable words and/or particles ie French 'et'. But I can't quote anyone on that.

Here it is. I pacifice inter ille sonor et illa festinatione, et recorda in tale pace quale tu posse venire in ille silentio. Quanto possible, sine illa redditione, sta in gratia com omnes. Fabula sua vertate quiete et plane; et osculte alteros, metipsimo illos stultos et illitteratos; pro quod illo...

So, I have translated a favorite inspirational piece titled 'Desiderata' into my approximation of undifferentiated, somewhat regularized Vulgar Latin. My aim is to arrive at a putative, common sort of Vulgar Latin that would have been intelligible throughout the provinces circa AD 500, when I assume...

So, I have translated a favorite inspirational piece titled 'Desiderata' into my approximation of undifferentiated, somewhat regularized Vulgar Latin. My aim is to arrive at a putative, common sort of Vulgar Latin that would have been intelligible throughout the provinces circa AD 500, when I assume...