Re: OT: Latin (was Re: proving a conlang?)

Stone Gordonssen wrote:
>> > Two Yules ago, I went to buy a Latin copy of the _Grinch_ > for a
>> friend's child. I asked a clerk about it, and was > told there was no
>> such
>> thing. Wandering back to the childrens'
>> > section, what should I find but a Latin copy. When I brought > it to
>> the
>> clerk for purchase, he sneered "That's
>> > Spanish."
>>
>> Well, Latin kind of looks a bit like Spanish...
>
>
> Not to me, but I suppose it could to someone who has studied neither. But
> since he obviously knew neither language, why cop a 'tude and tell the
> educated patron that he's wrong?
Was it in Borders? That would explain everything.