and the one time coyote catches roadrunner, wile-e is 3 inches tall

#@Jim G

Out of curiosity, which offends you more, this Warner Bros. rendition of latinized english or pig latin?

Atwhay ooday ooyay avhay ootay aysay boutahay atthay?

Edited by - Indy11 on 30-11-2003 04:50:35

@ff- My favorite epi.

Sorry, I can't resist... Whenever someone mentions latin, I think of the scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian where the Centurion is correcting Brian's latin.

Centurion: What's this then? Romanes eunt domus? People call around marnays they go the house?

Brian: It...it says: "Romans go home."

Centurion: No, it doesn't.

Brian: Aih.

Centurion: What's Latin for Romans? Come on!

Brian: Aih! Aah! Romanus!

Centurion: Goes like...?

Brian: Anis?

Centurion: Vocative plural of anis is...?

Brian: Ani?

Centurion: Romani...Eunt? What is eunt?

Brian: "Go"! De...

Centurion: Conjugate the verb "go"!

Brian: Aah...ere, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.

Centurion: So eunt is...?

Brian: Aah, ehm...third person plural present indicative. Ehm..."they go".

Centurion: But "Romans go home" is an order, so you must use the...?

Brian: Aih! Imperative!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Ehm, oh...oh, ehm...i, i!

Centurion: How many Romans?

Brian: Aah! it's...plural, plural! Ite! Ite!

Centurion: Ite.

Brian: Aah, ah.

Centurion: Domus? Nominative?

Brian: Ah, ah?

Centurion: "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?

Brian: Ehm...ehm...dative sir?

Sword: [Slinskt

Brian: Aih! Ooh! Not dative, not the dative, sir! Nah, aah! Ooh! The...accusative! Accusative! Aah! Domum, sir! Ad domum!

Aah, ooh!

Centurion: Except that domus takes the...?

Brian: Aah! The locative, sir! Aah!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Domum! Aah, ah, aah...

Centurion: Domum...um. Understand?

Brian: Yes, sir!

Centurion: Now, write that a hundred times!

Brian: Yes, sir! Thank you, sir! Hail Caesar, sir!

Centurion: Hail Caesar! And 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! Aah. Mmh! Aah... Finished! Aah.

Roman Soldier: Right. Now, don't do it again!

LOL LOL

As they say in parts of Brooklyn. That is cherce!

Lol, nice going Huffer.

Life: No one gets out alive.

Its hard to go wrong with Monty Python.

I refuse to participate. I'm a Celt. GO IRISH/SCOTTISH/BRETONS/Others! SACK THOSE LATIN FARTS!

Wow, I understood absolutely everything in that.

@Indy, actually, neither offends me, but I do find the Warner Bros. Latinization more amusing.

Wolfy said

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its not moderaterius rex...its moderaterius rexus

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ff said

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wolf, do you know latin? if not shut up

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I must agree with that however. People who do not know Latin cannot truly do latinization of English.

All that to say, I'm being extremely picky.

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Orillion: Arconius agreipus.

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That means i'm agressive against Arcon?

orrilion, it means you agree with arcon

Edited by - freighter fighter on 30-11-2003 12:31:34

lol, and they say english is hard to learn...

I always thought Latin was a lot easier to learn than English because it's a highly structured language lacking the ambiguities and nuances of English. its a language of clear expression, hence why it was the language of administration and law long after it ceased to be a spoken language. btw most Romans who wanted to be seen as men of letters wrote in Greek which was far more subtle & expressive. One major difference between English and Latin is that English has lost most of it's inflections and case order is a lot looser, plus we use a lot more pronouns (which u have to if u give up inflections)

Spanish is like that too. Makes it a b*tch to learn, because there are little phrases that make NO sense what so ever but mean somthing special you have to memorize. Argh! I suspect the evolution of all the romance languages has rendered them as such.