Aesop's Fables... in Latin!

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At 10:56am on January 13, 2009, Dr. Loran Carrier said…: Thank you for your quick response. I do hope that the internet will be very useful in promulgating this most worthy enterprise. Your work that I have seen so far is beyong fantastic. Keep it up. Loran Carrier

At 10:57am on January 10, 2009, maurouberti said…: Cara Laura,
sono in ritardo a ringraziarti per il tuo benvenuto e me ne scuso.
Non mi azzardo a scrivere in inglese perché, mentre me la cavo decentemente col francese e col latino, preferisco non lasciare prove scritte della mia ignoranza in questa lingua.
Non ho molto tempo da dedicare a questa lista di corrispondenza perché la giornata, almeno quella, è di ventiquattro ore per tutti; leggo però con interesse gli interventi dei partecipanti.
Grazie ancora e saluti carissimi.
Mauro

At 1:45am on January 6, 2009, Leonardus Basilius Flavius said…: Salve Laura!
Luna niteat, sol resplendeat, sub eodem caelo habitamus eadem lingua colloquentes! ;)

At 5:27pm on January 5, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Certe! Post aliquot menses (vel post minus temporis), fortasse, temptabo :) Modus discendi latinitatis meus constat hoc, tempto cogitare latine ac scribere/componere. Fere quotidie nuper. Et hoc valde delectat me :)

At 6:31pm on January 4, 2009, Seumas Macdonald said…: Happy new year to you also, Laura! I've just come back from a lovely holiday, and having finally caught up on a ton of email, I'm very impressed with how this Comenius project is taking off. I'm working on a page right now, and look forward to making a contribution.

At 7:00am on January 4, 2009, Valeria Victrix said…: I don't recall exactly, but I believe I recall a fable or two in Latin Made Simple.

At 2:14pm on January 3, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Vere :) Non difficile, iam video. Fortasse... Si invenibo, nisi convertere a lingua lituanica ad l. latinam non debet (latinitas mea non tanto bene est adhuc ut sic convertere) :)

At 7:48am on January 3, 2009, Kerberos said…: Mirabile visu, quod insignis provincialis meam sententiam continet! Bene sis :-)

At 6:04pm on January 2, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Quippe, lingua lituana est nimium arcana raraque ut scire (sed auxiliat latinitatem discere, simile est), iocus hic fuit :)

Ah, liber antiquus, ad me res tales pertinet (dice, si recte loquor latine hic) :) Et hic... Primus liber mundanus (sicut in Polonia, ut video) lituanice scriptus liber Aesopicarum decem fabularum anno 1706 scriptus fuit. Non inveni in rete anglice de illo libro, tantum hoc... Et aliquod de litteratura latina lituanorum. Non multa est in rete de scriptoribus lituanicis, qui latine scribebant - sed in universitate Vilnense docetur hoc, sic video in situ interretis eorum... Melius est cum scriptoribus polonicis, puto (possibile est libros in google libris invenire Rei Publicae Duorum Nationum (Rzeczeszpolyta, si recte scribo), sed Lituaniae fere non), sed non intellego hanc linguam fere :)

At 4:11pm on January 2, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Qualescumque? Bene. Lituanice loqui potes? :) Curcumspexi nunc in interrete, sed tantum fabulas lituanicas vel fabulae Aesopi/Phoedri lituanice inveni. Sunt poetae lituanorum, qui latine scribebant, sed nondum vidi lituani, qui fabulas aesopicas latine scribebant. Quamquam fabulae aesopicae fere primae e litterarum lituanarum fuit (conversationes e lingua latina vel graeca).

At 11:47am on January 2, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Vere, pulchritudo huius linguae est in potestate legendi scriptorum, qui scribebant in hac lingua in omnibus regionibus Europeae (et te non oportet scire omnes linguas Europae antiquae!) in millibus annorum :) Nondum cognovi bene scriptores lituanos, qui latine scribebant, post aliquot menses, fortasse, cognoscam. Scio tantum, scriptores lituanorum scribebant multas fabilas aesopicas lituanice... :)

At 9:49am on January 2, 2009, Chrysanthemum :: Chris Ann Matteo said…: I agree about the blogging. It's funny that I can't use, at my school, any of the cool ning resources Andrew, you and others have been using--even when it's allowed I don't have the bandwidth for the layout or the content. That's a big drawback for ning, and ning has so many other things going for it. But...the funny thing is, that I can use blogger for free, and sneak under the admin's radar--and get lots of good work done quickly.

Keep your eyes open for a new blog and podcast site I'll be putting up after APA in Philly; I'm the organizer for the Outreach panel and we're hoping to podcast the talks themselves.

At 6:17pm on January 1, 2009, Lauretana said…: Carissima Laura, che piacere sapere che conosci l'Italia!! Abito a Cervignano del Friuli, nella regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, a 54 Km da Trieste e a 100 da Venezia. Abito nel Nord Est d'Italia, a 100 km dall'Austria e 40 dalla Slovenia.
Non solo, abito a 10 km da Aquileia, l'antica Aquileia.
Domani leggerò con cura tutte le informazioni su di te e su questa bellissima iniziativa.
Intanto Auguri di un felice anno nuovo ed un abbraccio!!!

At 6:01pm on January 1, 2009, Chrysanthemum :: Chris Ann Matteo said…: I just want you to know how much we use /all/ your widgets, including the Aesop and of course the proverbs. Honestly, I work with them all every day of the week. And, my principal was very impressed with how I am using this with Promethean/SmartBoard in our classrooms. It's an invaluable resource for us time-pressed teachers and I want to keep supporting your good work!

At 5:54pm on January 1, 2009, Karolis Lyvens said…: Salve, Laura :) Habito, habito in Lituania. Fuistine in Lituania cum in Polonia eras? In Lituania etiam multi scriptores, qui latine scribunt, erat. In futuro, legebo et studebo eos, sic puto :) Mihi etiam placet cognoscere te, sicut omnes, qui student latinitatem.

At 3:14pm on January 1, 2009, Lucia Iulia Aquila said…: Hello Laura!
My eldest son went to Hillsboro for a while! The year you graduated I had just moved to Nashville! Great be here and wonderful to hear from you! I may be asking for some assistance from time to time on my Latin, which is rusty and almost non-existant but I am auditing a class right now so I am slowly progressing as time permits!
Fortuna tecum sit per Annum Novum
Sint tibi omnia felicia et fausta
Annum Novum Fausta Felicia!
Lucia
P.S. I am never offended if my Latin useage is corrected, I welcome it along with an explanation as it helps reinforce it--

At 12:38pm on January 1, 2009, Josephus Marius said…: Admirabilis es, Laura. Venio ad hoc locum tuum ut paucum discam a sapientia et cognitione tua.

At 11:59am on January 1, 2009, Petrus Australianus said…: Hanc fabulam bene scio, domina docta! nam est fons et origo illius sententiae Anglicanae"to blow hot and cold", quod haud multi qui Anglice callent sciunt

At 11:33am on January 1, 2009, Petrus Australianus said…: Immo apud Antipodas habito.... et mihi sunt crura equina! :)
Inspice, quaeso, camisiam meam quam gero in photographemate meo.

At 11:02am on January 1, 2009, Robertus Patricius said…: Oh, one question. I just did a page of Comenius. Had to get my feet wet. I realized after I finished, that I was automatically typing his "j" as an "i". I just do this so much that it was unconscious. Have you made a statement about what to do with "j"? I saw your guidelines about the "ae" issue. Also, one of the words I had was "aer" (air not bronze), and his text had the umlaut over it. I did not type that. Should I have?