Nearholmer Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Do Not CLean Soot Off The Window 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2020 On the Tube: "Obstructing the doors causes delay and can be dangerous". 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2020 22 hours ago, Edwardian said: Citizens: Iura meliora poscimus! 'We demand better laws!' Politician: Vobis igitur erunt iura in poculis. 'Then you shall have the soups in bowls.' Sorry, that's all Greek to me. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: Sorry, that's all Greek to me. Λυπούμαστε, λάθος αλφάβητο ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 The only Latin I recall from school... Caesar adsum iam forte (perhaps Caesar will be here) Caesar had some jam for tea. ( little things please little minds , I was 12 years old at the time!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ah, the joys of Latin classes. Not. A lot of the text books seem to have been inscribed with the lines: Latin is a dead language Dead as dead can be Once it killed the Romans Now it's killing me. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) You don't have to resort to a foreign language, dead or alive, to obscure the meaning of your deathless prose. Terry Eagleton in the course of a review* of a series of essays on 'Tragedy' quotes one (American) writer on the subject of the King of Thebes: "Oedipus' deoculation concedes violability in the face of external impingements" *It's in the current LRB Edited February 1, 2020 by wagonman source 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, wagonman said: "Oedipus' deoculation concedes violability in the face of external impingements" Sadly, I understood that... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, DonB said: The only Latin I recall from school... Caesar adsum iam forte (perhaps Caesar will be here) Caesar had some jam for tea. ( little things please little minds , I was 12 years old at the time!) As any schoolboy who modified the title of their primer from An Introduction to Latin to An Introduction to Eating (Chortle) knows, the full text is as follows: Caesar adsum iam forte Brutus aderat Caesar sic in omnibus Brutus sic in at Edited February 1, 2020 by webbcompound 2 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 4 hours ago, webbcompound said: As any schoolboy who modified the title of their primer from An Introduction to Latin to An Introduction to Eating That would be a slim blue volume with the title in red on the front? A singularly uninspiring textbook, it must have put off vast numbers of schoolboys from even attempting to master the language, with its initial close inspection of the verb Amo and the noun Mensa. I must admit that I shared Winston Churchills puzzlement as to why one would want to address a table.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 6 hours ago, wagonman said: Latin is a dead language Dead as dead can be Once it killed the Romans Now it's killing me. Our version was Latin is a language As dead as dead can be It killed the Ancient Romans And now its killing me! Which seems to flow more readily.... 5 hours ago, Regularity said: Sadly, I understood that... And don't you wish you hadn't... It seems to be a completely unnecessary circumlocution. However, thinking about it, it might be a bizarre form of academic buzzword bingo, counting towards tenure... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Regularity said: Λυπούμαστε, λάθος αλφάβητο ... ... and that's Double Dutch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Hroth said: It killed the Ancient Romans Perhaps we were less posh than others: "It killed the bl00dy Romans". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2020 6 hours ago, webbcompound said: As any schoolboy who modified the title of their primer from An Introduction to Latin to An Introduction to Eating (Chortle) knows, the full text is as follows: Caesar adsum iam forte Brutus aderat Caesar sic in omnibus Brutus sic in at Which reminds me that tomorrow's Monday, so I have to go and sort out Gloria's broken-down Ford van. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 10 hours ago, Hroth said: Latin is a language As dead as dead can be It killed the Ancient Romans And now its killing me! That's the way it went when I was in school as well. 11 hours ago, Hroth said: And don't you wish you hadn't... It seems to be a completely unnecessary circumlocution. However, thinking about it, it might be a bizarre form of academic buzzword bingo, counting towards tenure... (Insert joke about the Tories here) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 4 hours ago, RedGemAlchemist said: (Insert joke about the Tories here) I had hoped that we were moving away from current internecine affairs, to sink back into a more rose-tinted era. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hroth said: I had hoped that we were moving away from current internecine affairs, to sink back into a more rose-tinted era. Yes, no more jokes about Liberals and Tories. Lets return to more rose-tinted times Edited February 2, 2020 by webbcompound 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Those were the days ..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Those were the days ..... Yes indeed. Perhaps we could have a model Major-General? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 21 hours ago, Hroth said: That would be a slim blue volume with the title in red on the front? A singularly uninspiring textbook, it must have put off vast numbers of schoolboys from even attempting to master the language, with its initial close inspection of the verb Amo and the noun Mensa. I must admit that I shared Winston Churchills puzzlement as to why one would want to address a table.... I can't say I remember it well as despite attaining JMB 'O' level Latin (Grade A) in1980, the cover and the dalliances of Cassius and Claudia are just about all I recall of said text. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 02/02/2020 at 01:36, St Enodoc said: Which reminds me that tomorrow's Monday, so I have to go and sort out Gloria's broken-down Ford van. You might suggest she opts instead for a decent little s/h Fiat lux dh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Edwardian said: Those were the days ..... 8 hours ago, Hroth said: Yes indeed. Perhaps we could have a model Major-General? I always enjoyed the parodies. I've just tried unsuccessfully to Google Frank Muir and Denis Norden's old London Transport opera that included "Take a Six to Kensal Rise" (to Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes, The Gondoliers) It looks like you can buy it in Australia! dh 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That scans so well that I’m going to be humming it all day, even without the rest of the words. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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