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[belgarion]

Will do . About the blocks! Sorry, got complacent.

and to mr s, right, sure, anything you say.
uh huh.

M.

You don't know that.

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It could be a Vord mama telling a bedtime story to her broodlings: "And that was the last we ever saw of those nasty Alerans."

[Shecky]

Here's the real final paragraph:

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U.S. Marshal Zefron Carter commed his scout on the surface. "Carter, report."
"Sir, the inhabitants are human. And get this: I was able to understand them, but only because I went to a tough Catholic prep school. They're speaking Latin. And they call themselves Alerans."

[Priscellie]

Here's the real final paragraph:

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U.S. Marshal Zefron Carter commed his scout on the surface. "Carter, report."
"Sir, the inhabitants are human. And get this: I was able to understand them, but only because I went to a tough Catholic prep school. They're speaking Latin. And they call themselves Alerans."

Shecky, what the hell?  Spoilers much!

[John 1:17]

lol that would actually be a great ending

[belgarion]

Here's the real final paragraph:

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U.S. Marshal Zefron Carter commed his scout on the surface. "Carter, report."
"Sir, the inhabitants are human. And get this: I was able to understand them, but only because I went to a tough Catholic prep school. They're speaking Latin. And they call themselves Alerans."

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Snort!
Do they still teach Latin in Catholic Prep Schools? 
Besides, I thought Alerans spoke English :~)

Mikey

[John 1:17]

why would they speak english? Anglish as it was called back then was a barbarian tounge. No self respecting Roman would speak it.

[Shecky]

why would they speak english? Anglish as it was called back then was a barbarian tounge. No self respecting Roman would speak it.

Because everybody everywhere everywhen speaks English. The United Federation of Planets speaks English, and if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for everyone.

[John 1:17]

Psh, thats only cause of some type of universal translator device. But as I have yet to see a Babel Fish in the series, (my personal favorite such device), I still hold that they do not speak English, Or latin. Personally I think they speak Aleran, a mongrel mix of Latin, French, German, Greek, and English. Because remember, these boys aren't from Rome per se.... they are just a Legion who got picked up and deposited in the back end of no where.

[Shecky]

Psh, thats only cause of some type of universal translator device. But as I have yet to see a Babel Fish in the series, (my personal favorite such device), I still hold that they do not speak English, Or latin. Personally I think they speak Aleran, a mongrel mix of Latin, French, German, Greek, and English. Because remember, these boys aren't from Rome per se.... they are just a Legion who got picked up and deposited in the back end of no where.

Latin was the lingua franca of the legions anyway, for precisely that very reason - it was the one that all the soldiers actually DID have in common.

[John 1:17]

they would still have their native tongues though, and those would bleed over into their current language. like how english has been tainted with other languages.

[Shecky]

Well, sure; even Latin as given by the HRC church evolved over the centuries. Didn't say it wouldn't change, but remember that true outside influences in Alera were at zero and that such evolution would be entirely internal... i.e., within the Latin itself.

[belgarion]

Well, sure; even Latin as given by the HRC church evolved over the centuries. Didn't say it wouldn't change, but remember that true outside influences in Alera were at zero and that such evolution would be entirely internal... i.e., within the Latin itself.

It would still have to evolve. Weren't there merc's with the legion? Doing a search.

[Shecky]

Yes, but again, without truly external influences (i.e., a lot of contact with entire NATIONS that speak a different language, not a few people inside a Legion who will be speaking Latin by default as explained), the evolution will be internal and therefore slower and less pronounced. And finally, please remember that I said "Latin", not "entirely unchanged over two millennia Latin".

[belgarion]

Yes, but again, without truly external influences (i.e., a lot of contact with entire NATIONS that speak a different language, not a few people inside a Legion who will be speaking Latin by default as explained), the evolution will be internal and therefore slower and less pronounced. And finally, please remember that I said "Latin", not "entirely unchanged over two millennia Latin".

Wait, what about Cannim and the Marat? Aren't they external, or are they too different to make a difference?

[Shecky]

Wait, what about Cannim and the Marat? Aren't they external, or are they too different to make a difference?

There's been zero effort to have extended (read: external to war) contact with them. They're too not THERE to make a difference.