Re: Latin help
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 11:19 |
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On 9/4/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
>
> ROGER MILLS wrote:
> > Nam vir est bonus beatus
> > (three times)
> > quod nemo negare potest.
>
> I know the latter as:
>
> Sodalis enim est gratus!
> (three times)
> Num quis illud negat?
>
> That one scans better, IMO. I think dropping a syllable on the last line
is better than putting the emPHAsis on the seCOND sylLABle of "potest" (and
inserting an extra syllable, which is harmless...).
But how do you say "ten years of nifty darn comics" in Latin?
(gryllidae)
Uhm...Sluggy Freelance reference. Never mind. Shutting up now.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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