Post drifts valet observatio
Ave Mog! In Python centurion mode : pedes nostros in stercore semper not 'always in a thing separated out let's put feet' semper always, in meaning into is motion towards so takes the accusative so excrēta is neuter plural of the perfect passive particliple ofthe third conjugation verb excerno to separate out. pedes nom. or acc. plural of pes - foot or nom. sing of pedes (3rd Decl) = infantryman, pōnāmus first-person plural present active subjunctive of the third conjugation verm pōnō (place, lay, put) so = let us place.
However, a motto for your coat of arms sparatus semel in cauda sed risit. or perhaps more accurately confodietur in cauda semel sed risit
Yes, I am having a boring morning - a bit like some of the exercises on my subsidiary Latin course at Uni. As it feels that was so long ago that I must have been in Roman Britannia, I make no claims of complete accuracy.
However, a motto for your coat of arms sparatus semel in cauda sed risit. or perhaps more accurately confodietur in cauda semel sed risit
Yes, I am having a boring morning - a bit like some of the exercises on my subsidiary Latin course at Uni. As it feels that was so long ago that I must have been in Roman Britannia, I make no claims of complete accuracy.
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Semper Gumbi was the motto of one of my helicopter detachments.
(Always Flexible) (If you don't recall Gumby from TV, maybe that's an American thing)
As a riff on Carpe Diem there was a guy I knew whose motto was Carpe Noctum.
His wife's "Carpe Scrotum" riposte during a squadron party got a burst of laughter from the whole room...
(Always Flexible) (If you don't recall Gumby from TV, maybe that's an American thing)
As a riff on Carpe Diem there was a guy I knew whose motto was Carpe Noctum.
His wife's "Carpe Scrotum" riposte during a squadron party got a burst of laughter from the whole room...
Vidi, vici, veni.
Spoiler
I rather like Terry Prachetts's
Carpe Jugulum
Carpe Jugulum
New motto for the RAF?
Per Ardua Ad Nauseam
Per Ardua Ad Nauseam
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As my old boss used to tell VSOs whose fault it was
Effetuens irrumator Es
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I think this thread's title is somewhat of a misnomer!
I recall that occasionally we had to read out Latin prose passages, which often began with rather meaningless expressions such as His verbis dictis autem (And having said these words). But the one which always made silly schoolboys giggle was Ob has causas (For these reasons) - because we would pronounce causas as "Cow's arse", much to the annoyance of the Latin master.
Ah the joys of Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer......NOT!
Ah the joys of Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer......NOT!
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I often wonder if my early exposure to Caesar's Gallic Wars - Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres and all that - fostered my interest in the military. It was either that or running round the playground with my arms outstretched firing cannon shells out my thumbs, one of the two certainly.
Just read this on the Internet:
Latin can improve your English vocabulary. Deepen your communication skills. Enhance critical thinking. Give you a new perspective on language.
Sounds like encyclopaedia salesmen patter to me. Has anyone who was force-fed Latin at school actually found any benefit in it? Even Kiswahili must be more useful to learn with an estimated 200 million first & second language speakers, rather than the odd Catholic priest mystifying his congregation with something that hasn't been widely spoken for over 1500 years.
IV, as the Roman golfer shouted.
Latin can improve your English vocabulary. Deepen your communication skills. Enhance critical thinking. Give you a new perspective on language.
Sounds like encyclopaedia salesmen patter to me. Has anyone who was force-fed Latin at school actually found any benefit in it? Even Kiswahili must be more useful to learn with an estimated 200 million first & second language speakers, rather than the odd Catholic priest mystifying his congregation with something that hasn't been widely spoken for over 1500 years.
IV, as the Roman golfer shouted.
Just read this on the Internet:
Latin can improve your English vocabulary. Deepen your communication skills. Enhance critical thinking. Give you a new perspective on language.
Sounds like encyclopaedia salesmen patter to me. Has anyone who was force-fed Latin at school actually found any benefit in it? Even Kiswahili must be more useful to learn with an estimated 200 million first & second language speakers, rather than the odd Catholic priest mystifying his congregation with something that hasn't been widely spoken for over 1500 years.
IV, as the Roman golfer shouted.
Latin can improve your English vocabulary. Deepen your communication skills. Enhance critical thinking. Give you a new perspective on language.
Sounds like encyclopaedia salesmen patter to me. Has anyone who was force-fed Latin at school actually found any benefit in it? Even Kiswahili must be more useful to learn with an estimated 200 million first & second language speakers, rather than the odd Catholic priest mystifying his congregation with something that hasn't been widely spoken for over 1500 years.
IV, as the Roman golfer shouted.
What does annoy me is the time wasted, time I could have spent on other more useful subjects, including modern languages.
But the one which always made silly schoolboys giggle was Ob has causas (For these reasons) - because we would pronounce causas as "Cow's arse", much to the annoyance of the Latin master.
ACW - Effutuens ..., mind you these days the DEI police would probably have had your boss up on a charge, unless he had first-hand evidence
.And in answer to stevef: yes, it was a useful framework on which to base the study of MFLs especially those which are Latin dialects and pidgins, and gave an understanding of scientific terms. Having to parse Caesar, Virgil, and Lactantius developed the ability to identify and extract the pertinent facts and true meaning from long winded, jargon rich documents.
What I want to know.
How does anybody know how to speak Latin?
We had [I had briefly] two masters who pronounced the weird words differently.
And some Met. folk say strartus and some straytus.
How does anybody know how to speak Latin?
We had [I had briefly] two masters who pronounced the weird words differently.
And some Met. folk say strartus and some straytus.