Paphos People

I posted a while ago about us all learning a bit of Greek by having a useful phrase at the bottom of the index page, but this has not been possible.
I thought that I might raise the tone of PP by adding an occasional, but useful, Latin phrase.

Let's start with this one


Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui


Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it


Alastair

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Alastair

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OKG - all I can ever remember of Latin is

Amo, amas, amat

amabo amabas amabat

To anyone who has never learned Latin, this is the very first thing you are ever taught - how to conjugate the verb to love

Jean

Touche Jean

The only other phrase I remember is:

Mensa Mensae-feminine - (That means table)

Are we showing our age?

Chris

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"If you haven't got a plan, you don't have a map. If you don't have a map, you'll never find the treasure!"

a furthere insight into culture:-
THE HISTORY OF CULTURE

A Greek and an Italian were debating who had the superior culture.

The Greek said, "We have the Parthenon!"

The Italian said, "We have the Coliseum!"

The Greek said, "We had great mathematicians!"

The Italian said, "We had the Roman Empire!"

And so on and so on until the Greek exclaimed: "We invented sex!"

The Italian nodded and said:
"This is true...but it was the Italians who introduced it to women!"

Alastair

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Alastair

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Now not having done Latin at school & being just a common man, I'm in no place to judge our members but if anyone would like to volunteer their years of knowledge & wisdom to teach us, then I'm all for letting you post a daily phrase for everyone else to read

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Molly

Treat others as you want to be treated

As an Anglo-Italian I have to say that I LIKE that one, Alistair.

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Verity.

Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

http://coecyp.blogspot.com

Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes

Smart butt!

You see I don't trust people who can write stuff like that, as none of us know what it means, so you could say anything you like & we'd be none the wiser

well Martin,

I can read it and I don't think that I am overeducated


we probably just look at the same web site

Alastair

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Alastair

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So is anyone going to translate it into something the rest of us can read or even better, let us know what the link is, so we can all go look at it

Absit invidia

I had best not start the Danish again

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Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably
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no offence taken Pete

as you probably now know it means
If you can read this you are overeducated

http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html


Alastair

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Alastair

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One that was drilled into me but I've never been able to remember how to spell it correctly until now is:

Per ardua ad astra ("Through Struggles to the Stars")

The Royal Air Force motto

I hope you're not implying that my written Latin isn't up to scratch??

Would I dare to do such a thing ! !

anyway, my final posting on this matter is one the should be of use to everyone who finds themselves in a latin speaking Macdonalds.

Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum -

Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake

Alastair

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Alastair

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