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Gaudeamus igitur .... a famous student song

Rumpel

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Do you know that song?
 
Do you know that song?
juvenes dum sumus....

Yep, sang it in high school Latin classes. A drinking song popular among long-ago students, if I recall correctly.

Thanks for rekindling the memory!
 
juvenes dum sumus....

Yep, sang it in high school Latin classes. A drinking song popular among long-ago students, if I recall correctly.

Thanks for rekindling the memory!
it was my pleasure! :)
 
and it goes on with ....


post molestam senectutem
nos habebit humus ....
 
who else knows this song?
 
who else knows this song?
I didn't but am familiar with the melody somehow. It's this, yes?



Will be curious to learn how many American DPers know this song. Who studied Latin?
 
I didn't but am familiar with the melody somehow. It's this, yes?



Will be curious to learn how many American DPers know this song. Who studied Latin?

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Only because it was used so heavily in church and later in the medical field...Latin is considered a foundational language in medicine.
 
it has a long tradition in Europe
 
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