Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 04/21/2001 11:17:37 AM, you wrote: <<In a message dated 4/20/01 8:12:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gbennett@lainet.com writes: << I never realized that I'd need to have studied Latin in order to follow the >LUG. Oh well, just a case of omne ignotum pro magnifico est, I guess. > >M. Either that or a case of messageum pepperum cum phrasiae latinae sempre semblum importantibus. >> Oh my Lord! Just as I had about decided to depart this vale of ....acid remarks...for want of time to wade through it, I get an opportunity like this to share a high school latin class gag: O si vile si ergo - fortibus es in ero. O nobile, themis trux; si vatis inem, causen dux! Quick traduction: Oh see Willie see 'er go, forty buses in a row. Oh no Billy, them is trucks; see what is in 'em, cows 'n' ducks! Sorry everyone. - -30->> The version I learned in grade 7: Sebille, dare diego, Fortibus es inaro. Nojo, demise trux, Summit cause! Summit dux! translation: See, Billy, there they go, thousand buses in a row. No, Joe, them is trucks, Some with cows, Some with ducks. Regional differences? Allen Zak