It seems, I've already asked it on Mastodon, but now I really need the answer, if it exists. Does anybody know if there is some kind of a #Braille standard for #Latin vowels with macrons? For more context: In some texts, especially for learners, long vowels in Latin are marked with a macron, i.e., a horizontal line above the vowel. Is there any convention about how to show them in Braille? Thanks! #Blind#Help
Not sure if there are any Latin/Jazz music lovers out there; I'm plugging my good friend, former college roommate, and fellow musician, Jon Ball as he joins
"Gonzalo Grau & La Clave Secreta" at the Lincoln Center in NYC!
This ~ 2 hour event will be live-streamed on the Lincoln Center website as well as YouTube (link below).
La Clave Secreta has been together for 15 years and their eclectic blend is son cubano, jazz, rhumba, R&B, and funk... so tune-in an turn it up! 7:30p EST ⟶ there's a countdown timer on the YouTube site that should align with anyone's time zone)
⟶ If you know someone who might like some free, live music streamed tonight, boost it out! ⟵ https://lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/gonzalo-grau-andamp-la-clave-secreta
Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant - Inventories of Chant Sources | Cantus Manuscript Database https://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/
"Cantus is a database of the Latin chants found in manuscripts and early printed books, primarily from medieval Europe. This searchable digital archive holds inventories of antiphoners and breviaries -- the main sources for the music sung in the Latin liturgical Office -- as well as graduals and other sources for music of the Mass."
#FreeSpeech absolutist Elon Musk says ‘cis’ is a slur and threatened to kick anyone off his internet site who uses the term. By the way, it’s basic #Latin. #language
* De Mirabilibus Peccatorum:
Quomodo Nugas Elegantissimas
Creare Possimus,
Cum Commentariis Superfluis
et Adnotationibus Non Necessariis,
Per Multos Umbras Doctrinae
et Ludicrae Sapientiae,
Ad Majorem Lectorum
Confusionem et Hilaritatem *
I am so excited. the play is happening on Saturday, and tomorrow is our first full dress rehearsal at the venue. I have spent the evening translating and recording the Message / umYalezo for the final audio of the play, thus far in original (isiZulu), English and Latin. I’m still busy with the #AncientGreek as I’m rusty on #prosecomposition, but the #Latin was surprisingly easy (even after 10 years). @nnwhen please add your awesomeness to this toot.
I just read a folktale collection from 1915 where all the unsavory details of the stories were written out [in Latin like this]. I am greatly amused. I guess the idea was that Latin makes naughty things sound more dignified 😂
From Chile to Honduras, Latin American governments are recalling ambassadors, severing diplomatic relations, and openly condemning Israel — a country with a history of propping up #dictatorships across the region — for its crimes against humanity in #Gaza.
Put on a tropical screen saver, mix yourself the umbrella drink of choice (I'm a big Mai Tai boy myself) and get in the mood with Sheila E's new album. I dare you to sit still 💃 🕺
Also known as the father of #algebra,
Al-Khwarizmi's #book, "Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing” introduced systematic methods for solving linear & quadratic equations.
Using letters as symbols to represent unknown quantities, lay the foundation for symbolic algebra.