2009 Latin Salutatory - Paul Mumma

Paul Mumma delivers the 2009 Latin Salutatory at Harvard's Commencement. His speech is titled "Aetates Hominis Harvardiani" (The Ages of Man at Harvard
University) and was recorded June 4, 2009.

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[arich12345]

THIS WAS AWESOME.

[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.

[CaptainGrimes1]

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

[CaptainGrimes1]

Should have grabbed his gown like it was a toga

[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

[itsanawesomeguy]

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

[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.

[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?

[AliYuseph]

WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE SUCH STRONG ACCENTS :l

[XKS99]

@studentquestor

Apropos.

[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