Comments on: How To: Host A Roman Bacchanalia

By: solo

solo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:20 +0000

Well, where do you think is the origin of the Spanish language? And Italian, French, Romanian (note the name) etc.? Yes, they are all descendants of the Latin, spoken (and written) by Romans. And is still the official language of the Vatican and used by catholic church. Even English language has many words originating from Latin, mostly acquired through French, after the Normans conquered Englad in 11th century, brigning with them the language of the new ruling elite – French. For example, many if not most English words related to government, politics and military have French/Latin origin. The word you used, ‘nausea’, originates in Greek. It comes from the Greek word for ship, ‘naus’, which, as you can imagine, can be good reason for upset stomach. Greek came into later European languages either independetly or through Latin (and later possibly through Byzantine or Arab influence), which integrated many Greek words, since Romans had been great admireres of the Greek culture. Other wors from the same origin are ‘naval’, ‘nautical’ etc. And when you get your next salary, remember that the Latin word, ’salarium’, was the allowance of sea salt given to Roman soldiers with their wages. So where does the word ’salt’ come from?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:59:25 +0000

I gained two things from this article. One- a growing feeling of nausea. Two- an increased interest in languages. “Cena” was the Roman word for dinner? That’s pretty sweet because the Spanish verb “cenar” means “to eat dinner.” I don’t know about you, but I find that fascinating.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:12:01 +0000

Seriously… You can still buy pig uterus in some oriental food markets. Along with just about any and all other parts of a pig.

By: fred

fred — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:38:13 +0000

Why not uterus? We, even now, eat kindeys, intestines and testicles. Steak and kindsy pie? Mountain oysters?
and the “casing” on sausage is the small intestine of (usually) pork.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:33:55 +0000

Oh, yes, Johnny Cat. Uterus.

Supposedly, it was very tasty.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:30:42 +0000

Uterus? Seriously…uterus??