"But mostly, it’s worth learning a bit of Latin because omnia dicta fortiori, si dicta Latina: everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin."
Perhaps the lousiest reason to learn anything. "It will impress people".
The only reason to throw around a lot of Latin, a dead language, is to appear smart, more educated, than people not knowing Latin. Well, you aren't because that is just like me talking swedish with english-only-speakers in the room. It's being "not nice" or even "rude".
Using fancy language for the sake of fancy language is idiotic. Using fancy language to express ideas that actually require that language - is not.
Perhaps the lousiest reason to learn anything. "It will impress people".
The only reason to throw around a lot of Latin, a dead language, is to appear smart, more educated, than people not knowing Latin. Well, you aren't because that is just like me talking swedish with english-only-speakers in the room. It's being "not nice" or even "rude".
Using fancy language for the sake of fancy language is idiotic. Using fancy language to express ideas that actually require that language - is not.
Cheers