Well, you're quite wrong on this: there was a point, as I've explained: Latin was not only a lingua franca but used for official purposes for centuries. And this wasn't your original point. But if you can't or won't see what I'm getting at, then as you say we shall have to agree to differ. Regards, Colin Mills On 12/04/2012 22:53, George Bush wrote: > I'm sorry, but we shall have to agree to differ on this. I simply cannot see > the purpose of recording BMDs in Latin. > > George > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Colin Mills > Date: 12/04/2012 21:54:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Meaning of Alias on Baptism? > > The use of Latin was widespread among the educated until the 18th > century all across Christendom (a 'lingua franca') - so hardly > 'pointless' -.and was much more likely in England than the use of Italian. > > Regards, Colin Mills > > On 12/04/2012 21:32, George Bush wrote: >> Goodness knows. I was probably having a little rant about the pointless > use >> of a foreign language. Or I might just have forgotten to take my > medication. >> George >> >> >> >> >> -------Original Message------- >> >> From: Colin Mills >> Date: 12/04/2012 20:34:43 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Meaning of Alias on Baptism? >> >> What makes you think the presumably English clerk would be writing >> Italian?? Aren't more likely explanations that (a) his Latin was poor >> (b) mediaeval clerks generally didn't adhere strictly to the rules of >> grammar and syntax which applied in classical Latin?? >> >> Regards, Colin Mills >> >> On 10/04/2012 13:09, George Bush wrote: >>> <<snip>> >>> >>> 3. Undoubtedly trivial, and of no significance whatsoever, but Decimo and >>> Sexto do not seem to be Latin. I think they are Italian words and if the >>> writer was intending "sixteenth", the correct form would be sextodecimo, >> but >>> don't quote me on that. >>> >>> George >>> >>> >>> -------Original Message------- >>> >> <<snip>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4932 - Release Date: 04/12/12 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4932 - Release Date: 04/12/12 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >