Living Latin

We all know Latina Vivit! (Latin Lives!) Sixty percent of the English language comes either directly from Latin or from Latin through other languages to English. Calvert's Latin scholars are given the opportunity to earn extra credit by finding examples of living Latin. Some are in Latin only, but make such a clear reference to 21st century American culture that they are understood, others are bi-lingual. Once students find an example of what they believe to be living Latin, they must translate it, use it in a sentence and submit their example. A rule of thumb is that if a student asked five people who had not studied Latin what was meant they could explain it back. Enjoy these samples and come up with some of your own.