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Can't imagine an American teacher using the abbreviation n.b. in a note to a 10 year old & expecting to be understood.

 

Unlike a British teacher, I can't imagine an American teacher... I never said I thought the teacher was American.

 

I didn't learn Latin either. And, if I recall correctly, I learned this particular abbreviation from my mother, not anywhere in my schooling.

 

I guess I didn't learn it during my American schooling because I have no idea what nb means.

 

Nota Bene - take note of (well)

 

Daggum you , Bakersgma, you just brought "Latin" (back) into my mind. I've made myself quite happy over the last few minutes counting from one through twenty in Latin: unus, duo, tre, quator, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem, undecem, duodecem, tredecem, quatordecem, quindecem, sedecem, septemdecem, duodeviginti, undeviginti, viginti.

You even inspired me to go out onto the side porch to look into the sky for stars (of which there were none visible it being a cloudy, rainy night) to recite for my own enjoyment "Mica, mica parva stella . . . ." ("Twinkle, twinkle little star . . . .").

 

I do what I can.

In 4th year Latin, the teacher designated one student each month as Femina Mensis. And since it was popular at the time, he played Neil Sedaka's Calendar Girl at the ceremony. No idea what he would have done if the best student of the month turned out to be one of the 2 boys.

 

We hosted a boys school from Bury many years ago. They were all 12-13 years old and during van rides to various sights the teachers would quiz the boys on various topics and they did use Latin occasionally. We were totally surprised.