Re: CHAT Latin sig? (was: Conlang Flags)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 6, 2004, 16:16 |
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:48:32 -0400, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 07:34:53PM +0100, Ray Brown wrote:
> On Saturday, September 4, 2004, at 11:41 , Shanthanu Bhardwaj wrote:
>> >``Quidquid latine dictum, altum viditur''
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> I've seen this many, many times, usually with the "est" included,
> and usually glossed as "Whatever is said in Latin seems profound."
I have to confess that my knowledge of Latin is such that I initially read
it as "Whoever speaks Latin, looks (like they're) high", which is almost
as entertaining as the true translation. I'm slowly learning Latin by
osmosis from the list and some sub-lists, which I think is a good thing.
Paul