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* Sure, I speak a little Latin. Sane, paululum linguae Latinae dico. * I picked it up here and there. Really, Latin isn't all that hard. Id legi modo hic modo illic. Vero, Latine loqui non est difficilissimum. * It looks like a tricky language, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly. Lingua speciem involutam praebet, sed sat cito eam comprehendes. * And remember, there aren't any Romans around to correct your pronunciation. Atque memento, nulli adsunt Romanorum qui locutionem tuam corrigant.
Signs of the times ...
* BEWARE OF DOG CAVE CANEM * DO NOT DISTURB NOLI PERTURBARE
KEEP OUT NOLI INTRARE * THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING TIBI GRATIAS AGIMUS QUOD NIHIL FUMAS * HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS
Things you may say a lot ...
* There goes by bleeper! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! * Garbage in, garbage out. Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. * Here today, gone tomorrow. Hodie adsit, cras absit. * Seen one, seem them all. Uno viso, omnia visa sunt. * What goes around, comes around. Id quot circumiret, circumveniat. * God, look at the time! My wife will kill me! Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! * I've got to see a man about a dog. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi. * I think that Elvis is still alive. Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere.
Handy catch phrases
* Have a nice day. Die dulci fruimini. * No way. Nullo modo. * Read my lips ... Labra lege ... * Accidentally on purpose. Casu consulto. * Just do it Modo fac * Bah! Humbug! Phy! Fabulae! * If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere. * Read 'em and weep. Lege atque lacrima. * I have nothing to declare. Nihil declaro. * It was that way when I got here. Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Medical conditions ...
* Impedimentum Memoriae A mental block that makes it hard to remember names. * Inopia Celeritatis A mild dyslexia that makes it impossible to arrive on time. * Morbus Irrigationis A rare disease aggravated by watering friends' plants.
A few more essential phrases ...
* Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert. * May barbarians invade your personal space! Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! * May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! * Don't let the bastards wear you down. Noli nothis permittere te terere. * Go ahead. Make my day. Age. Fac ut gaudeam. * How much wood would a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood? Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? * Beam me up, Scotty! Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni! * Who was that masked man? Quis fuit ille personatus? * Now this isn't carved in stone ... Nunc hoc in marmore non est incisum ... * Shark! Shark! Pistrix! Pistrix! * Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English? Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice? * You charge how much an hour? Quantum in ura hora imputas? * I'd like to buy some condoms. Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra.
Don't forget the Seven Dwarfs!
* Fatuus Dopey * Medicullus Doc * Severus Grumpy * Beatus Happy * Somniculosus Sleepy * Verecundus Bashful * Sternuens Sneezy
In use today ...
The Australian Fish Diseases Laboratory, part of CSIRO, have adopted the carefully-researched motto "Quidquid excusatio prandium pro" for their social activities - "Any excuse for lunch!"
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