Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> I have no doubt at all that Caesar had an excellent commond of Vulgar Latin
> - you don't get the sort of loyalty from your troops that Caesar commanded
> unless you can communicate with your troops!  But he was also no mean
> writer of the Classical language.
        "Caesar?" the man laughed.  "Why, everyone knows *he*
        couldn't write!  They use his works to teach Latin to
        barbarians."

                -- L. Sprague DeCamp, _Lest Darkness Fall_ (6th century)

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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