language barriers

funny story

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last night i went to barnes and nobel to pick up a latin dictionary and verb conjugation book. i didn't know where the foreign language section was, so i asked one of the booksellers where their foreign dictionaries were. he began to walk me over to the section and asked which language i needed. i told him "latin." and he said, "like in spain or south america."

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ha ha ha ha ha

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thankfully i have superb self control and did not laugh uproariously in his face. i told him i meant ancient latin and the proper section was found. i was quite amused for the rest of the evening.

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i guess it really is a dead language.