Cambridge Latin Course

[Epsilon IX]

For those who watched the episode "Fires of Pompeii", I was wondering if anyone else noticed that the Caecilius family (Caecilius, Metella, Quintus) were also protagonists in the Cambridge Latin Course series of school textbooks, and was is it as obvious to anyone else as to me that the writer of that episode probably learnt his Latin from them. I know this would alienate a mainstream audience a bit but I always thought they could have put in references to the Cambridge Latin Course throughout the episode. One that I thought up would be Donna trying to speak Latin but doing it very badly, saying something like "Metella est in atrio sedet" (that's what she pretty much did throughout the ENTIRE Unit 1!) like she's just quoting it out of the book, and everyone looking at her like this:.

 

[The]

I think they mentioned this on the Confidential, I'm not certain. It's nothing US viewers would have gotten, that's for sure, as no one is required to learn Latin here (unfortunately). But, it's a nice nod for those that do...

 

[Pindar]

It was either on that or in the commentary.

The writer put it in as joke did he not?

 

[captcalhoun]

it was said on the Confidential. at least twice.

 

[Brendan Moody]

It's nothing US viewers would have gotten, that's for sure

Some few of us would have. Certain schools do use the Cambridge Latin Course in the US, and some of us have fond memories of the delusion its first stage fostered that Latin was going to be an easy language.

 

[The]

It's nothing US viewers would have gotten, that's for sure

Some few of us would have. Certain schools do use the Cambridge Latin Course in the US, and some of us have fond memories of the delusion its first stage fostered that Latin was going to be an easy language.

LOL! Ah, okay, I didn't realize it was used over here...

 

[iguana_tonante]

For those who watched the episode "Fires of Pompeii", I was wondering if anyone else noticed that the Caecilius family (Caecilius, Metella, Quintus) were also protagonists in the Cambridge Latin Course series of school textbooks,

Cool, didn't know that.

Very nice in-joke, thanks for the information!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I knew that because my mom took a Latin course with that text book.

 

[Tomalak]

The last words of Unit 1 will haunt me forever.

Spoiler: ...

Caecilius est mortus.

 

[Garth Rockett]

It's nothing US viewers would have gotten, that's for sure

Some few of us would have. Certain schools do use the Cambridge Latin Course in the US, and some of us have fond memories of the delusion its first stage fostered that Latin was going to be an easy language.

That's the text we had when I took two semesters of Latin in college. I recognized Quintus but I had forgotten the other names were also used in the course, it's been so long.

I still have those texts. I may dig them out now.

 

[Stevil2001]

I was an Ecce Romani man myself, but my sister tutors in Latin, and she recognized the character names from the Cambridge course from her tutee's book.

 

[Epsilon IX]

I still have those texts. I may dig them out now.

This might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Latin_Course
as well as: http://www.cambridgescp.com/page?p=clc^top^home

 

[Ariadne]

It's nothing US viewers would have gotten, that's for sure

Some few of us would have. Certain schools do use the Cambridge Latin Course in the US, and some of us have fond memories of the delusion its first stage fostered that Latin was going to be an easy language.

And by grade 10 when it gets harder they've got you roped in and you can't switch.