Gov. Jerry Brown, whose public remarks occasionally include a phrase or two in Latin, explained Wednesday two reasons he liked learning it. "It's obscure and makes you smarter than everybody," he told about 1,000 people at a California Chamber of Commerce breakfast...
Full article at http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/05/jerry-brown-says-latin-makes-you-smarter-than-everybody.html
Ipse dixit.
[And, for those who would critique the Latin phrases above, I learned them online so they must be correct. Right? Prima facie evidence!]
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