Veni, vidi, vici. Latin Lovers Lose Out.
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Re: Veni, vidi, vici. Latin Lovers Lose Out.
by Dombo » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:39 pm
[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"][quote]A Campaign spokesman said the ban might stop people confusing the Latin abbreviation e.g. with the word "egg".
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7705922.stm]A sad day for Latin Lovers?[/url]
vidi, vici, veni should put the smile back on their faces though
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Re: Veni, vidi, vici. Latin Lovers Lose Out.
by Sylv » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:48 pm
Bis repetita?
Margaritas ante porcos - my food-loving grandad used to use that one a fair bit, like after we'd gulped down in seconds the once-a-year dish of baby carrots lovingly grown and cooked in butter since 8am ...
Margaritas ante porcos - my food-loving grandad used to use that one a fair bit, like after we'd gulped down in seconds the once-a-year dish of baby carrots lovingly grown and cooked in butter since 8am ...
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Re: Veni, vidi, vici. Latin Lovers Lose Out.
by Dombo » Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:13 pm
[quote="Sylv"]Bis repetita?
Margaritas ante porcos - my food-loving grandad used to use that one a fair bit, like after we'd gulped down in seconds the once-a-year dish of baby carrots lovingly grown and cooked in butter since 8am ...
Margaritas ante porcos - my food-loving grandad used to use that one a fair bit, like after we'd gulped down in seconds the once-a-year dish of baby carrots lovingly grown and cooked in butter since 8am ...
were these carrots cooked in the same butter in which they were grown?
The precision of Latin would remove any ambiguity.-
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what have the Romans ever done for us!