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There were a whole series of these, and of course, I can only remember "Papus catholica est?
and "Ursus in sylvestri defalcare?"
BTW, the Latin is very bad, so please don't flame me for bad Latin grammar.
MargW
Is the Pope Catholic?
Do bears **** > This was sent to me by an old school friend.
This was sent to me by an old school friend.
Please translate the following:
Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!
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Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!
My personal favorite is "Semper ubi sub ubi". It's "Always wear underwear". (Actually it's "Always where under where" but if you're a bit lazy saying it aloud...)
Karen E.
ROTFL! I far prefer yours, Marg!
It gives me enormous chagrin that I didn't take Latin at school. Sigh.
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur -
couldn't help it!
joanne in Perth
Then you could have sung the Latin song:
Latin is a dead language Dead as it can be It killed off all the Romans And now it's killing me.
Elizabeth
Eh? You dunnit in one Latin locality? You are inept? You buried 'em in an elaborate fashion?
O! If only!
The stupid things you do as a kid, eh?
We had two elective choices at our school: French or Commerce and Latin or Geography. I desperately needed to do French and so my friend, Christine agreed we'd do that together. In return, I had to agree to do Geography for her. So that's what we did: French and Geography.
I've *always* regretted that decision, but when you're a kid in a huge big high school and you need that special mate to sit next to... well... y'do these things. Sigh.
I learned Latin for years, but don't remember my vocabulary well enough to translate everything. We did learn one rhyme, (probably unofficially!), which needs no translation:
Caesar adsum jam forte Brutus adarat Caesar sic in omnibus Brutus inisat.
Joyce > > Trish Brown wrote:
*You* may think it needs no translation but I, OTOH, having had *no* Latin, need one! The only words I understand are Caesar and Brutus! :)
Joan
Think of the Irish comedian whose catch-phrase was "it's the way I tell 'em"! Bruce
OK, my guess on this!
Caesar had some jam for tea Brutus had a rat Caesar sick in omnibus ( bus/trolley whatever) Brutus in his hat.
I hadn't heard it before, but it definitely seemed british to me!
Gill
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Go to your room! And take Joyce with you.
I know just enough Latin to get myself in trouble, and was simply too lazy to get my Latin dictionary from the other room for all the words I couldn't figure out. (The only line I could get all the words, my translation didn't make sense. Now I see why.)
The motto of the Royal Marines is "per mare per terram". Official translation "by land and by sea". Very unofficial translation (and not within earshot of any Royal Marines) "by horse and by tram". Bruce
Right, Gill! This is from 60 years ago. We thought it funny then, and I've had as much fun reading the reactions!
Joyce in RSA.
Obile, Obile, haeres ego Fortibus is in ero Nobile nobile, dem is trux Vatis in dem? Paes et dux.
About the only "Latin" our poor shellshocked (yes, really!) Latin teacher managed to get through to us!
Pat
I`ll tell my son about you!!!!
Pat
Heeeeeeeeeeeee! ROTFLMAOing all over the place! Thank you for that - I needed it!
Oh William, Oh William, here did 'e go: Thinking to catch a bus, he is in error. No, Billy! No, Billy! They are trucks! What is in them? Small green legumes and wildfowl!
Is that right?
Snort - coffee on my keyboard!
Thanks (I think) Trish.
MargW
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