November 15, 2015

 

“DOMI”

 
I remember learning the Latin word, “Domi”
in my Second Year of High School.  When
asked where someone was, sometimes I
heard the answer, “Domi!” It meant “Drop out”.
 
After hearing it a dozen times I had it.
I was speaking Latin. I was thinking in Latin.
We ended up with years and years of Latin,
but I only became at home with one word,  “Domi”.
 
Our textbooks for philosophy and theology
were in Latin – but sorry to say I used
translations and dictionaries and guesses -
except for one word I was at home with: “Domi".
 

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