Romanes Eunt Domes — Understanding “How Many Romans?”

The author, Coulter H. George, knows and loves language. You can tell this from his allusions, witty asides, and nerdish intensity on case and declension. His approach is to examine the phonology of the language — how the language sounds — followed by the grammar of the language — how thoughts are put into words — and, then, these ideas are put into practice by reading a great work in the language, such as Homer in Greek and Tacitus in Latin. From this, even those of us who are not gifted with language skills obtain a sense of what it would be like to read these texts in their original languages. George brings out the uniqueness of each language, such as the brevity of Latin, where so much is done by the declension of words through case endings. Similarly, he explains the craziness of Old Irish spelling where letters are inserted to indicate that a sound is palatized or mutated. For example, my middle name is “Sean” pronounced “Shawn” not “Scene.” In “Sean” the “e” after the “S” communicates the “Sh” sound. <a href="https://medium.com/@peterseanEsq/romanes-eunt-domes-understanding-how-many-romans-e4f4bd36c3cc">Learn More</a>