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CTyankee

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9. I'm still not over having to take Latin before I could take French in high school...

Reply to viva la (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:12 PM

Apr 2025

I thought it was SO UNFAIR. Now I realize that my reading comprehension of English was vastly improved by having Latin, even tho English isn't a latinate language.

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