The Latin Speakers of West Virginia
11th July 2016
Much of her life seems like classic soccer-mom material, which makes her destination all the more astonishing: she is heading to Charles Town, West Virginia, to spend the week in an old country villa speaking no language other than Latin. A group called SALVI (Septentrionale Americanum Latinitatis Vivae Institutum, the North American Institute for Living Latin Studies) rents a secluded space large enough for thirty-odd people to spend a week without any outside contact: no phones, no internet, no stores.
…
Forget the books. It has to be people talking to people. Once you lose that, it will never be the same.
July 11th, 2016 at 08:06
Why not just let Latin die a peaceful death?