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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Sports Boards #52548 01/13/02 03:22 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 And me, I'm one of the few Americans who has absolutely no interest in football. I have an interest in football...when do the Bill's play next, so I don't drive past the Stadium on the way to the Mall! Tee hee Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Locutus of Board #52549 01/13/02 09:55 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Where is Jackie when we need her? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Locutus of Board #52550 01/14/02 01:57 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Where is Jackie when we need her? Er...you rang? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Locutus of Board #52551 01/14/02 07:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago I believe there are a few *Latinos here that need to be assimilated. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Locutus of Board #52552 01/14/02 09:24 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, I don't understand the bloody Latin. I wish you Latin people would put in white translations for us varlets. WW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Locutus of Board #52553 01/15/02 01:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh! The other shoe just dropped--I think. "Res ipse loquitur." ... "The thing speaks for itself." "The thing speaks for itself" IS the translation?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Thing #52554 01/15/02 02:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "The thing speaks for itself" IS the translation?? Yep. but I messed up on my genders. It should be ipsa (as Keiva knows) not ipse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ipse ipsa mea culpa #52555 01/15/02 02:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 messed up on my genders Which was *my fault. I gave her res ipse loquitur from memory. Upon reading Keiva's version I googled about 60 hits for ipse and three thousand some odd for ipsa so I looked it up in an old Latin text book and discovered that it's ipse, ipsa, ipsum mfn and res is feminine. QED Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ipse ipsa mea culpa #52556 01/15/02 08:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 No credit to me, A & F. In law, it's a reasonably common and familiar term. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ipse ipsa mea culpa #52557 01/15/02 10:33 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York So do you agree it speaks for itself re: football message boards, Keiva? 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