What language to teach my kids...

[Slartibartfast]

I had two years Latin force fed to me in high school, and I chose to take two years of german. I have mixed feeling about Latin. It is useful yes, but I think I would have preferred two years of a modern language.

Favorite Latin phrase:

'He secretly knows the faith'

translates in Latin as "fedim clam scit' pronounced as you think it should be.


favorite German phrase,

"Ich habe eine apfelkuchen in meine hose."

Some kids in my class convinced someone outside the class into thinking this was a pick up line to use on the German exchange girls that were visiting our school for two weeks. The guy had to be suspicous, but he used it anyway.