Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to Bob Ackley:

 BA>> And I flunked fourth year Latin, too.  Barely squeezed through third
 BA>> year.

 RN> Were you going to become a lawyer or was it mandatory for you to take
 RN> that many years?

Catholic HS.

 RN>  Why anyone would want to learn a dead language is
 RN> beyond me, but for some reason, I am interested in all languages.

The church still uses it in its internal communications and in some of its
rites.

--- FleetStreet 1.19+