Because latin was common only for part of one continent where he happened to be and not to the rest of the world while english happens to be spoken all over the globe due to a big goofy empire that went places.

However, let's keep out the culture wars from a post mainly about plants.

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SirHumphrey 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If in 17 hundreds you wanted to choose a language that could be deciphered, say, also in China, Latin was a much better choice than any native language in various vicinity.

	▲	gostsamo 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In XVIII there was no language that could be universal was my point and latin was known mainly through its derivatives.

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usrnm 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> english happens to be spoken all over the globe due to a big goofy empire that went places

Why do you think Latin was popular?

	▲	gostsamo 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well, it wasn't universally popular is my point.

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mantas 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Latin was the language for education and science waaaay beyond ex Roman Empire. Pretty much whole christian europe used Latin in medieval age and beyond.

	▲	gostsamo 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Christian Europe waited until the XIII-XIV to get most of its latin inheritance in latin. Before that it was either greek or arabic.