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by zarriak 4292 days ago
Latin is a dead language, there has not been a native speaker for a very long time[1].

[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_death

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It is still in constant use as the official language of the Vatican.

They keep having to invent new Latin words and phrases so they can discuss things like hotpants, which are brevĂ­ssimae bracae femĂ­neae apparently.

Have a look here - http://usvsth3m.com/post/95991771713/hotpants-flirt-and-othe...

The cashpoint with Latin in comic-sans is awesome.

edit - translating from the latin, comic-sans is a pretty accurate font name.