PER JOCUM: Illud Latine dici non potest (You can't say that in Latin!)
(NOTA BENE: Not even the Latin is to be taken seriously )
NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! says Manny
Advice never heard in Latin ................ carpe noctem
What a Latin prosecutor never seeks ................ mens delecti
What Latin motto is never used ................ e paucorum unum
Species that never made ................ homo sine sapientia
Minor work never cited ................ parvum opus
Legal stance never taken ................ contra bonum publicum
Caesar never said it ................ veni,vidi,cucurri
Schoolboy Humour Teacher: What is a forum?
Pupil: Two-um plus two-um!
Teacher: How was the Roman Empire cut in half?
Pupil: With a pair of CaesarsNorm
Cryptogram! DJZAWX DS XIU DS WZAAU NJVA JSEVNSFQ ZX YIDV:
"RIAZX EVOX ZL RSEVLZD."
("EU LSW IDV ZD.")
For key to Cryptogram : See below Allie mae
An inscription found on a public bench Merton College, Oxford:
Ore stabit fortis arare placet ore stat.
Oh rest a bit, for `tis a rare place to rest at.
More Schoolboy Humour Caesar adsum jam forte
Antonius sed passus sum.
Caesar aderat forte
Pompey adsum jam
Caesar sic in omnibus
Pompey sic intram
Latin is a language
As dead as dead can be.
It killed the ancient Romans
And now it's killing me.
Dead are all who wrote it;
Dead are all who spoke it;
Dead are all who learned it;
Blessed death! They earned it
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Always wear under wear!
Here we have a deliberate play on the word "where";
the word "wear" being substituted instead.
Can you guess who these are? Fatuus
Medicullus
Severus
Beatus
Somniculosus
Verecundus
Sternuens
Name the film or TV series! Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse
Age. Fac ut gaudeam.
Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis.
Quis fuit ille personatus?
Pistrix! Pistrix!
(Answers below ) Maryemm
Latin and the IT age If your browser does not support automatic redirection, click here.
Si navigatrum tuum redirectiones sponte non sequatur, pulsa hac.
Hella
ANSWERS Dopey ; Doc ; Grumpy ; Happy ; Sleepy ; Bashful ; Sneezy.
These are fun Latin for;
Frankly, my dear, I don`t give a damn! ("Gone with the Wind")
You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore ("Wizard of Oz")
Go ahead! make my day! (Dirty Harry)
Beam me up, Scottie. (Star Trek)
You do not know the power of the Dark Side! (The Empire Strikes Back)
Who was that masked man? (Zorro)
Shark! Shark! (Jaws)
Key to Cryptogram: What to say to Ginny when homework is late:"Canis meus id comedit." (My dog ate it.)
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