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tanzen Posted Mar 4, 2004
I'm really good at making people feel guilty 
My mum would be so proud that I've found a way to use the gift she passed on to me...for...personal gain...
...oh, and for the good of the thread, of course 
!
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The Liquid Warrior (Vescere bracis meis) Posted Mar 4, 2004
Oh but of course, for the good of the thread and if we can make a few bob on the side, I mean, you know, why not. But mainly for the good of the thread.
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tanzen Posted Mar 4, 2004
I'm glad we're on the same page !}
I have to go home now...make sure my brother's not eating all my food...but we'll have to "workshop" this idea at a later date 
!
!
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The Liquid Warrior (Vescere bracis meis) Posted Mar 4, 2004
I'll be here
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Famous_Fi Posted Mar 4, 2004
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre
is that a scroll in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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tanzen Posted Mar 4, 2004
See...I can't see how that wouldn't work...
...Latin...still sexy after all these years
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Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Mar 5, 2004
Dic mihi solum facta. 
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Mikeo the gregarious Posted Mar 5, 2004
Amo am-um! (I think that's right ...)
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Mar 5, 2004
Thought you might like this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3535785.stm
Trying to find an appropriate bit of pidgin latin to rename the UK Crown Prosecution Service with.
I'm sure those here coulddo much better than those example under the link!
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gorki - simply loves the word "amazing" Posted Mar 9, 2004
Quid agitis?
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The Liquid Warrior (Vescere bracis meis) Posted Mar 13, 2004
Oh yeah very useful
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Parathanatos Posted Mar 13, 2004
How come, for such a pedantic language, Latin makes no distinction between the perfect and the preterite?
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Yelbakk Posted Mar 14, 2004
I rather thought they did make a difference there...?
Take "esse," for example.
sum - I am - present
eram - I was - imperfect (= preterite = simple past)
fui - I have been - perfect (= present perfect)
fueram - I had been - plusquam perfect (= past perfect)
ero - I will be - future 1
fuero - I will have been - future 2
But then again, even as I am copying this down from my old Latin grammar book, I am willing to convinced that I am wrong...
Y.
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Mar 14, 2004
The grammar book of my son tells me exactly the same, so there is a difference, which means that you are right
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Yelbakk Posted Mar 14, 2004
And now make your son repeat those forms in the subjuncive 
Y. - Teach Latin and be hated!
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ForgottenHighlander Posted Mar 14, 2004
I have to agree that Latin makes no sense at all, for me at any rate!
I took it for a year and still wish I'd taken tech drawing instead.
"Do languages you're good at them!" So I took French, German, English and Latin.
I have used French and German to ask for beer. I often find myself asking for beer in English.
I have never found it necessary to ask for beer in Latin, wasted!
"People called Romans they go the house?"
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Mar 14, 2004
I needed to make the Latinum for my exams in French and English- considered it a waste of time then, because I had learnt English and French without knowing any Latin
Think it's nice to know at least a bit Latin now I don't have to anymore
I sometimes find myself asking for a beer in English, due to the nice Irish pub round the corner
Not sure whether I understood your last sentence right though, was it meant as a joke?
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- 64: The Liquid Warrior (Vescere bracis meis) (Mar 4, 2004)
- 65: Famous_Fi (Mar 4, 2004)
- 66: tanzen (Mar 4, 2004)
- 67: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Mar 5, 2004)
- 68: tanzen (Mar 5, 2004)
- 69: Mikeo the gregarious (Mar 5, 2004)
- 70: IctoanAWEWawi (Mar 5, 2004)
- 71: tanzen (Mar 9, 2004)
- 72: gorki - simply loves the word "amazing" (Mar 9, 2004)
- 73: tanzen (Mar 12, 2004)
- 74: The Liquid Warrior (Vescere bracis meis) (Mar 13, 2004)
- 75: Parathanatos (Mar 13, 2004)
- 76: Yelbakk (Mar 14, 2004)
- 77: aka Bel - A87832164 (Mar 14, 2004)
- 78: Yelbakk (Mar 14, 2004)
- 79: ForgottenHighlander (Mar 14, 2004)
- 80: aka Bel - A87832164 (Mar 14, 2004)
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