2009 Latin Salutatory - Paul Mumma

[CaptainGrimes1]

Should have grabbed his gown like it was a toga

[jeanpauljh]

I'm a bit puzzled by people who criticise this guy for having a strong accent. Would someone please explain how you can possibly know how to correctly pronounce a language that hasn't been spoken in everyday conversation since the Dark Ages?

[ElCiervoVulnerado1]

@jeanpauljh recte dicis, sed tibi dicere debeo, non verum sit quod hic dicis, quia adhuc sunt qui linguam latinam locuntur. Aloysium Miraglia inspicere in hoc instrumento, quod latine appelatur TuTubulum. Ille discipulos suos, modo naturale, docet ut ei facile loquere latine posunt. Spero ut valeas et curas

[AliYuseph]

WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE SUCH STRONG ACCENTS :l

[CaptainGrimes1]

@AliYuseph I know! How dare they especially when the authentic ancient Roman accent is so well documented in film and music -_-

[kslungaard]

Forgot how awesome this guy is -- cute too!

[ctbang504]

this made me wanna learn latin i need subtittles well guess its off to study to disifer this video

[InvaderxxFreak]

I love how people rant about his pronunciation, when the classical pronunciation itself is based on a lot of guess-work.

[ExMxO59002]

Eheu! I wish that I didn't suck at Latin... Sed, tu es OPTIMEM! (I THINK)

[VirFortunaeLucisque]

Bonus fecit...

[studentquestor]

Latin, but in American accent.

[XKS99]

@studentquestor

Apropos.

[TheChosenOne2902]

Although he learned his entire speech pronunciation is awful. We in Croatia also have Latin and speak it much better than this pompous student

[tommo3491]

Good to see you rebels keeping latin learning going in the new world. it's as good as dead in the old country.

Excellent presentation

[roadpost]

Excellent Presentation.

Most People Could Not Have Done It In English.

[boyleman50]

Guy's a serious douche but latiin is the shit

[physphilmusic]

Why the fuck do all the Harvard salutatorians outstretch BOTH their arms in the beginning?!!! It seems very artificial and LAME

[disamjisa]

Why do all these cunts come on youtube and criticise these young people for having an accent when they speak latin? They're doing the best they can. It is almost impossible for someone to speak a foreign language without an accent, get over it idiots.

I suspect almost all the haters are people who did Latin at community college and think coming on youtube and bitching about it makes them look smart.

[concussedcarneous]

@disamjisa true,

but you are an asshole too.

[obliviondio]

@disamjisa

Unless you are in the early stages of learning another language then you really shouldn't articulate every single word. It sounds like you aren't confident in your own pronunciations of the words when you speak. 

[itsanawesomeguy]

@disamjisa no, its not, if you really want to speak that language...only an idiot would speak like this

[MIdgetMafiaGaming]

Omg quid facit?

[Ximi489]

who cares about an accent?

the fact that he memorized all that is impressive

latin is no longer a spoken language (commonly used that is)

it is more of a written language thats used to find roots of words and understand ancient texts

[disamjisa]

@Ximi489 x100

[loeuvre]

Latin isn't American... nice attempt but bad accent.

[ejc45]

ok when he says "propio" he says instead "prow...piw..ows"...lol

[TsunadeFTisland11]

Great job but I think he needs to work more on eliminating some American accent,

[thorhajo]

Attempt at partial transcription: Praises clarisimus faust Decani, professoresquae, doctisimi Amigi et parentes, patientisimi Et daenique Condisci poli carisimi(?) Saluete, omnes Quamquoi "speis" et mutatio, holiae celebrentur. Reis diriores videntor Nobis quaram susceptoris hoc anno manifestum est Quatur proximis anis mercatura totius orbis collapse est Pluto non iam orbis est Et liget parentibus codice vultum uti Cum raes uniquelabantur Faquileputes praecertium si literas humariores dinquisti

[thorhajo]

@thorhajo What I posted should be at least vaguely readable by someone who knows Latin. I just know how to pronounce the language, not understand it.

[kevinlmanon]

wtf is he saying.

[Migueloliveirinha]

His pronunciation sucks compared to the guy from 2007, sorry to say that!

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

@Migueloliveirinha

I disagree. But not much.

Both had difficulty using dental d and t, ect, and diphthongization of e and sometimes o. Vowel lengths went into vulgar Latin mode, it seems, sometimes very classical, when using the word florebat.

[edu500ac]

I studied classics at Cornell. The main problem with American pronunciation is that people in the United States pronounce palatal T and D. In Latin, these consonants are dental, according to ancient grammarians. T and D should be pronounced as in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Romanian and French. Which makes sense, I think.

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

@edu500ac

aGREEED! :)

Final m has a trick to it as well, when it comes to Latin 2000 years ago.

[ZackSFC]

paul mumma. absolute legend. dont understand a word he said

[Interlingua]

Fluent and good /r/ sounds but the long vowels are turned into diphthongs and voiceless plosives are aspirated, both being typical feature English when spoken by native speakers (American, UK, Australian, etc).

[drummer1492]

I understand it, I do not like some of the pronounciation.

[SATANECRONOMICUS]

bona latina BONA LATINA.

[Skaldmatte]

vale tuque...sed modus quo vos americani latinam linguam loquimini VERE horridus est! accentus vester americanus tam manifestus est ut amittit formam suam latina lingua locuta vobis...

[idaspe]

Ita, horridus est. Pulcrior latinum sonam in lectam ore.

[Skaldmatte]

i agree :)

[crazy2hazy]

@Skaldmatte

Tum quomodo  loquenda est?

[Skaldmatte]

just without american accent.. i'm italian and i can't say whether italian accent fits good to latin or not, to my ears it does and i think it's highly possible that latin would sound less or more like italian, while, in my opinion, it's impossible it would sound like english. Anyway, i'm not an expert, i just express my opinion and i confirm what i said in my last comment, that modus americanorum latinam linguam loquendi horridus est :) valete

[crazy2hazy]

@Skaldmatte

I guess you're right, Latin doesn't sound as authentic with an American accent. But he pronounced everything very well. He rolled his r's and got all the dipthongs. I'm American and I speak Latin much better than this, but I guess his first priority was to memorize the whole thing rather than to adjust his accent.

[Skaldmatte]

yes that's what i think. Seems that Latin is much studied in America.. :D

[crazy2hazy]

@Skaldmatte

Oh yes, especially at prestigious schools and universities, which is where I learned it.

[rugbyplayer9999]

You're totally right. No one is really ever going to know for sure simply because no one was ever following Cicero around with a tape recorder. Our best chance is to listen to Momma Latin's many children and then, using this knowledge, reconstruct, to the best of our ability, the Classical pronounciation. Of these children, Italian really is our best bet because, predictably, it has strayed the least from Latin. But, overall, it's a stupid thing to argue.

[Skaldmatte]

@rugbyplayer9999 : stupid indeed, we just got to wait the time machine now :)

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

@rugbyplayer9999

99 % of the phonology has been reconstructed, though. Qui scire volet, scire licet scientiaque romanicarum linguarum.

[pokettosnorlax]

cute boy :P :P

[flynniethemusical]

paul mumma: BADASS.

(i can swear now. I'm an alum with nothing to fear from anyone)

[Zarathustra06]

What's he doing with himself these days?

[01101910]

Great!

[eieikhingmail]

I like him.

[arich12345]

THIS WAS AWESOME.