Julius Caesar walks into a bar ...
Aug 15, 2020 06:15:52 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
... and the bartender says "What'll ya have?"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Aug 15, 2020 07:10:32 #
😀😀 Painful reminder of my two years of HS Latin but I do remember the pretty teacher who drove a Cadillac to school.
Aug 15, 2020 07:46:53 #
LWW wrote:
... and the bartender says "What'll ya have?"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Very good.
Aug 15, 2020 07:48:55 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Uterque gratias agens vestrum.
Ut semper bona est scire secunda lingua.
Ut semper bona est scire secunda lingua.
Aug 15, 2020 07:50:49 #
cdayton wrote:
😀😀 Painful reminder of my two years of HS Latin but I do remember the pretty teacher who drove a Cadillac to school.
Yes, Latin was never fun, but the little knowledge I picked has served me all my life. I automatically recognize the Latin root of many unfamiliar words. The same goes for Greek, with the little bit of Greek I studied. People today think that math, science, and business are the only things worth studying. They're wrong.
Well, maybe not science because, as we all know, an opinion is as good as scientific fact.
Aug 16, 2020 05:53:05 #
LWW wrote:
Uterque gratias agens vestrum.
Ut semper bona est scire secunda lingua.
Ut semper bona est scire secunda lingua.
Quia utilis saepe inveniamus in luce fores et in coemeteriis servanda.
The memory of Caesar's hurling of his troops across the flumen river is still a wee bit embarrassing.
Aug 16, 2020 06:05:06 #
I'm glad they didn't teach Latin in my School. French was bad enough, the method was apalling.
But I wish I understood it better now. Those Latin translators are handy, I'll have to work on the pun later.
But I wish I understood it better now. Those Latin translators are handy, I'll have to work on the pun later.
Aug 16, 2020 07:15:58 #
John N wrote:
I'm glad they didn't teach Latin in my School. French was bad enough, the method was apalling.
But I wish I understood it better now. Those Latin translators are handy, I'll have to work on the pun later.
But I wish I understood it better now. Those Latin translators are handy, I'll have to work on the pun later.
Back in the day, in my parochial school, Latin was a requirement. Hardly anyone past tests but the nun still fudge numbers to get us through. When I transferred to a public school, I took German. The teacher not only looked like Goebbels but talked like him.
Aug 16, 2020 08:40:58 #
LWW wrote:
... and the bartender says "What'll ya have?"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Julius Caesar says "I'll have a Martinus."
The bartender asks "Didn't you mean a Martini?"
Julius Caesar says "If I wanted a double, I'd have asked former a double!"
Aug 16, 2020 10:13:43 #
That is pretty funny. I can't count how many people I have heard say that they are an "alumni" of some school or another.
And the trivia question: what is the plural of "hippopotamus"?
Although probably the most correct would be hippopotami, accepted forms now include hippopotami, hippopotamus, and even hippopotamuses.
And the trivia question: what is the plural of "hippopotamus"?
Although probably the most correct would be hippopotami, accepted forms now include hippopotami, hippopotamus, and even hippopotamuses.
Aug 16, 2020 10:33:20 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
sb wrote:
That is pretty funny. I can't count how many people I have heard say that they are an "alumni" of some school or another.
And the trivia question: what is the plural of "hippopotamus"?
Although probably the most correct would be hippopotami, accepted forms now include hippopotami, hippopotamus, and even hippopotamuses.
And the trivia question: what is the plural of "hippopotamus"?
Although probably the most correct would be hippopotami, accepted forms now include hippopotami, hippopotamus, and even hippopotamuses.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do ...
Aug 16, 2020 11:43:33 #
Um, you might rethink that Christmas gift wish. It's said the only animal that kills more people in Africa is the... mosquito. Fools think they can swim with hippos. People are not welcome in their rivers.
Aug 16, 2020 13:49:16 #
Aug 16, 2020 15:06:44 #
Gallia est omnis divisa, in partes tres. (My Latin teacher required us to memorize the first paragraph of Caesar's commentary. I still remember it.)
Aug 16, 2020 15:53:44 #
John7199
Loc: Eastern Mass.
My parochial HS required 2 years of Latin as well. It has stood me well in helping with unfamiliar words as Jerryc41 noted.
As far as "pretty teachers" we had Brothers. For you non-Catholics they are sort of like male nuns, and hit harder than nuns.
PS That was 50 years ago so it was allowed.
As far as "pretty teachers" we had Brothers. For you non-Catholics they are sort of like male nuns, and hit harder than nuns.
PS That was 50 years ago so it was allowed.
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