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ancient-style diningI've heard of 1000 year old eggs in Chinese cuisine, but I don't know that I would enjoy 2000 year old food.  
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2000 year old food
Morituri te salutamus, salami!
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morituri
You, Marianna, CapK and Scribbler have, among you, managed to cover all the bases on this, and you have certainly stated the meaning. All I would add is that morituri may be strange due to the fact the morior is a deponent verb -- one of a class of bastard verbs which are conjugated as if they were in the passive mood but are actually in the active mood. (Then there are the semi-deponent verbs, a bunch of real bastards which act like deponent verbs only in certain tenses, and some of which have their direct object in the ablative case instead of the accusative. For my sins, I once had to memorize which ones those were, and after 45 years remember they are: utor, fruor, fungor, potior and vescor. Strange what useless stuff sticks in your memory when you have to memorize it in your youth. It's like the German prepositions which take the dative vs. those that take the accusative or the genitive, which I can also remember and reel off.
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which I can also remember and reel off...Fun party trick, huh?
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aus bei mit nach seit von zu, bis, durch fuer, gegen ohne um wieder an auf hinter neben unter vor zwischen
where does ober go?
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and after 45 years remember
Sr. Ruth Marie, SND, had a neat way to teach us the most used verbs which take avoir instead of etre.
Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy :
alle, parte, sorti, venu, devenue, retourne, arrive, reste, rentre, entree, tombe, nee et mort.
Spelling is probably awful. Excuse moi!
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the German prepositions which take the dative vs. those that take the accusative or the genitive
I just remember bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um are accusative because it flows so well. The other ones are dative.
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I can't remember any prepositions taking genitive.
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Friends, AWADers, countrymen, lend me your ears . My favorite gladiator is Fludarius Marirade. (gladiator fighting is way better than WWF) Speaking of WWF, I think the Worldwide Wildlife Fund should get the letters WWF for all there websites and stuff. In my opinion anyone can take them, the wrestlers are to stupid to even know what letters are. -Scott rough_collie@dog.com
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Speaking of WWF, I think the Worldwide Wildlife Fund should get the letters WWF for all there websites and stuff.Well, you're in luck. Seeing as the Worldwide Wildlife Fund is an organization, http://www.wwf.org is their website.
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