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Susan Wood comments on the publication of Woman Hollering Creek by Random House: "Despite the growing number and influence of Latinos in the USA, the only identifiably Latin's names with a few exceptions like Oscar Hijuelos on books published by major houses are those translations of Latin American novels".
Well, Latin's never been our strong suit, we fully admit.
Then there's etymology: Latin's influence on the English lexicon means an interest in one often leads to an interest in the other.
Once upon a time an educated person was expected to know how Latin's plurals worked, and so we have a bias towards knowing Latin's rules.
While Spanish and French still dominate student schedules — and Chinese and Arabic are trendier choices — Latin has quietly flourished in many high-performing suburbs, like New Rochelle, where Latin's virtues are sung by superintendents and principals who took it in their day.
That was a timely reminder of Latin's unlikely survival and revival as a living language.
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