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[H]

Et tu, pop culturus?

methinks it's 'cultura popularis' or, in the singular perspective, 'cultus popularis' (but my Latin grammer is not so keen); she has to come after me -- again -- and ask but Britney's not the one.

[Scorpiоn]

The fact that my fake Latin passed as real, albeit poor, Latin makes me happy. I the only Latin I know is Tempus est the solum hostis, which is my saying Time is the only enemy.  Granted, I've never read a lick of Latin, but instead I asked someone else to translate it for me.

[H]

The fact that my fake Latin passed as real, albeit poor, Latin makes me happy.

If it passed for Latin beyond the "Et tu," why would I be trying to correct it?

...The only Latin I know is Tempus est the solum hostis, which is my saying Time is the only enemy.  Granted, I've never read a lick of Latin, but instead I asked someone else to translate it for me.

Only about half of our "English" language is from the ancestral Anglo-Saxon; a major portion of the rest is from Latin, a few directly. You know more Latin than you're aware of -- and not just in simulation.

[TacitBlue]

Quando ami flunkus morotadi.


Most of it is probably misspelled, but it means "If all else fails, play dead". Also, I don't know where the comma goes..

[expat]

Quando ami flunkus morotadi.


Most of it is probably misspelled, but it means "If all else fails, play dead". Also, I don't know where the comma goes..

Well, father in law (30 years a Latin teacher) tells me,

Quando is Spanish for when
Ami is French for friend
and flunkus morotadi, he has no idea, but it is not latin. However try:

Cum omnes funes rumpunt fac ut mortuur videas esse.  

He gets even better after a glass or two of red  8)

Matt

[TacitBlue]

LOL, thanks.

I got it from a cheesy public TV show from Canada called "The Red Green Show", so what do you expect.

[H]

...I got it from a cheesy public TV show from Canada called "The Red Green Show", so what do you expect.

Common uses for duct tape aren't good enough for you, Tacit?

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Ah ha! That bright occidental star has shown me that this word is 3rd declension nominative and popular is an adjective so:


Et tu , popularis culturis ?

Nothing like being a latin scholar!


A.

[Theis]

LOL!!
this discussion reminds me of the scene in Life of brian, where the roman guard forces him to write correct latin!

CENTURION:
   What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN:
   It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.

CENTURION:
   No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN:
   Aah!
CENTURION:
   Come on!
BRIAN:
   'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION:
   Goes like...?
BRIAN:
   'Annus'?
CENTURION:
   Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN:
   Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION:
   'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN:
   'Go'. Let--
CENTURION:
   Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN:
   Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.
CENTURION:
   So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN:
   Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION:
   But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN:
   The... imperative!
CENTURION:
   Which is...?
BRIAN:
   Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION:
   How many Romans?
BRIAN:
   Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION:
   'Ite'.
BRIAN:
   Ah. Eh.
CENTURION:
   'Domus'?
BRIAN:
   Eh.
CENTURION:
   Nominative?
BRIAN:
   Oh.
CENTURION:
   'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN:
   Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION:
   Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN:
   The locative, sir!
CENTURION:
   Which is...?!
BRIAN:
   'Domum'.
CENTURION:
   'Domum'.
BRIAN:
   Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION:
   'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN:
   Yes, sir.
CENTURION:
   Now, write it out a hundred times.
BRIAN:
   Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
CENTURION:
   Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
BRIAN:
   Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!

   Finished!

ROMAN SOLDIER STIG:
   Right. Now don't do it again.

[myshelf]

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[H]

Yikes, what have we started! As I said Andrew, I'm not so keen on the Latin grammar and the adjective/nominative order (some 'Latin' languages are reverse, subject followed by adjective).
And Theis, the period (.) shouldn't have been part of the phrase: you put your cursor a little too far to the right when you copied, didn't you?

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Oh yes, so true Theis!

H, we have dived into the Marianas Trench that is Latin.



A.

[H]

H, we have dived into the Marianas Trench that is Latin.
A.

Oh, Lord, Andrew has put me back on Guam; when did the ancient Romans arrive -- the Marianas trench is Polynesian!

[Scorpiоn]

Oh, Lord, Andrew has put me back on Guam; when did the ancient Romans arrive -- the Marianas trench is Polynesian!

Funny, I always thought it belonged to Mariana.

[H]

Funny, I always thought it belonged to Mariana.

And Mariana is Polynesian.