I don't know about killing time with Latin, Andrew; you're killing all of us with your seemingly incurable insistence on the correctness of things that are demonstrably wrong.
My "incurable insistence on the correctness of things"? Mate, do you mean the post that I made in this thread just a couple hours ago?
I don't believe I have
ever denied the help that any of you give when translating Latin, in fact I quite welcome it.
Godmy and pacis puella have helped me greatly in the past with my learning, and I am extremely grateful to them for their work.
You speak as if I have come on this site, and procede to tell everyone that I am the most correct and the best. That is completely unfounded, and is merely an attack on my character.
Having a shaky grasp of Latin is no crime, and regular members of Latin Discussion have plenty of time for people whose Latin is shaky. But do yourself a favour and all the rest of us and put an end to this ludicrous huffing and puffing whilst you vainly attempt to save face you've already lost. Nobody thinks any the worse of you for making mistakes, but people start to when you pointlessly insist you never even made them in the first place.
As I have stated, I quite enjoy being corrected, as it is the only way to
improve in a subject.
As for saving face? In your mind that may be a factor, but let's face it, this is the internet; this is not kindergarten. I
do not care what other adults think about my learning of a language that is not native to myself, and I have too much experience learning other languages to feel that not being able to speak in the most correct manner is something worth having your pride hurt over.
In the way that you have written your discourse to me, it appears to me that
you are the one huffing and puffing, as if my having an opinion is a blasphemy; a "thought-crime". But that's open to interpretation, isn't it?
As for Latin is concerned, I come onto this site to translate and learn
Classical Latin. Although I have learned much of it, I am by no means a master, and the path is long & complicated.
For the rest of the versions of Latin, as per epoch/region, each dialect or type is distinguished by subtle differences in vocabulary, usage, spelling, morphology, and syntax.
My signature is personal to me, and my prerogative was not for it to have been written in Classical Latin; If you wish to tell me what it is in Classical Latin, that is fine.
In fact, she helped me with the word "tempus" which I had written incorrectly as "tempum".
Now, as I have said before, I make these things a
discussion. Creating an arguement of "correct and incorrect" with no substance does not advance
anybody's learning.
Do not become inflamed by the act of creating a discussion.
Also, if you wish to see something of where a "discussion" actually helps, click
here.With my having discussed what my view on the topic was at that moment,
Godmy was able to help me in my quest in better Latin Translation.
Post Scriptum: Remember: "Latin Discussion", not "Latin Arguement".