@JoonasIlmavirta The problem with this thinking is that Cicero routinely translated Greek terms into Latin, and in his speeches he deliberately avoided them. Not sure if you can see this page or not: books.google.com/…
@RetractedAndRetired If Cicero thought that Greek loans should be avoided and one should translate terms to Latin instead, wouldn't that be a good argument for translated versions being better style?
Of course it's a matter of debate whether Cicero can unilaterally define good style.
He avoided Greek, somewhat, in his philosophy because his project was to "translate" the works into a dialectic that Romans could understand, and for oratory, Greek is avoided there to appeal to more and more common people.
@RetractedAndRetired Sure, no problem. That line in the chat was related to an answer of mine, where I ended up being somewhat against Greek loan words.
@Cerberus I don't think it had anything to do with Latinity per se, but rather putting a Roman spin on Greek concepts. It'd be as if we never called it a burrito, but a "Mexican wrap", vel sim.
It's a way of getting ideas across in a native language.
@RetractedAndRetired I was about to add the same. Although more than superiors, writing an email to someone in a high position whom I don't know and have to ask a favor of makes me extremely careful.
Speaking of loan words, I came across the pages of a certain Finnish university today, and they were a horrible hybrid of Finnish and English. Either language alone would have been fine, but the combination was unbearable.
@RetractedAndRetired It sure is. I understand if the schools of the university are called "schools" or "koulut", but the Finnish plural of the English word, "schoolit" was a shock.
I see. I suppose my opinion is that, I, personally, probably won't pay much attention to the quarterly best answers, but I'm not sure if that applies to everyone. We all have different inclinations.
If it were annual, I think I would.
Because 3 months go by so quickly and we all have busy lives, that revisiting best answers 4 times a year might be a bit too much to sustain interest.
We could even make a theme for it based on the Proserpina myth. "Best answer during Demeter's joy" and "Best answer during the Proserpina's stay in Hades".
