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This is the Conversation Forum for Handy Latin Phrases << I want a tattoo in Latin. Please can you give me a translation? LATIN PHRASES >> Subject: don't let the b... Posted Dec 1, 2008 by Vestboy back in the UK   Posting 1 I'm enjoying this entry. However, I think you have said don't let the b******d (singular) grind you down. Isn't the plural illegitimi? I've also seen noli illegitimi carborundum, which I think maybe slightly more "in the vernacular". Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: don't let the b... Posted Mar 15, 2009 by vocemmeamaudite This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Salve amice! The whole bit is bogus. words just wrong. such as illegitimi - NOT LATIN Bastard = nothi pl nothis Also carborundum ( or whatever ) not even close . It's a mineral ( cogito... ) An idea of your "quote " that would be more accurate ( if that's the word) would be: Noli permittere nothis te terere. ( Don't allow the bastards to drag you in the soil ( mud ? ) My version... Vale!! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: don't let the b... Posted May 5, 2009 by Jawohl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Regarding your reply, Noli permissum nothis frendo te accido? (Don't allow the bastards to grind you to ruin) Subject: don't let the b... Posted Sep 26, 2009 by Binro the Heretic This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 The phrase "Illegitimi non carborundum" is a very well known mock-Latin one. It has been around for ages. It was used by General Joseph Stillwell during WWII http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/99480 and was later used by Barry Goldwater. These phrases, whether 'real' Latin, 'mock' Latin, or whatever are simply good fun, and, if they are NOT genuine, they should be added in the same way as we add French, Latin and Greek to our own. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: don't let the b... Posted Sep 29, 2009 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Conversation list Conversation list

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