Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sunday Salmagundi (Part 2)

Useful Latin phrases for the modern world:



  1. Mater tua tam stulta est ut cum invenerit nummum ferentem nomen caesaris, huic eum restituere conata sit.
  2. Mater tua tam obesa est ut cum romae est, urbs habet octo colles.
  3. Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus.
  4. Mater tua caligas gerit!
  5. Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
  6. Mehercle, illa materia tam valida est ut funditus in modo subiunctivo sim.
  7. Quaerite a competitore cur vectigal vexillis americanis imponere velit ad epulas comparandas homicidis condemnatis.
  8. Si quidem pedibus ire tam salubre corpori est, cur similis est noster tabellarius forma illi iabbae hutico.
  9. Amita Aemilia: te Kansiamque odi, canem mecum abduco - Dorothea.
  10. Oppetite mortem lumine amplificato stimulata emissione radiorum, cimices extraterrestriales foedi!

Note that the majority of these phrases have been taken from the most excellent book: X-Treme Latin: All the Latin You Need to Know for Survival in the 21st Century, by Henry Beard.

The plain people of Ireland: But, but, but!

The management: What is it now, wretches?!

The plain people of Ireland: You haven't told us what these phrases mean.

The management: You have a point. Check back in a day or two. In the meantime, maybe you could amuse yourselves by guessing.

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