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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The Wizard of Oz #163521 11/15/2006 3:56 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Near the end of the film, as the Wizard of Oz is about to launch his balloon to take Dorothy back to Kansas, he says this: Quote: I, your Wizard par ardua ad alta, am about to embark upon a hazardous and technically unexplainable journey into the outer stratosphere. What does the Latin mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163522 11/15/2006 4:04 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass prolly should be, per ardua ad alta. through hard work, to the heights (to the stars should be ad astra) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163523 11/15/2006 10:25 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 The quote was taken from a free on-line script archive. Caveat lector! Anyway, thanks for the translation. Per ardua ad alta. Seem so obvious, now that I know what it means. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163524 11/15/2006 10:55 AM 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 Hydra, could you post the link to that archive? I'd love to look through it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163525 11/15/2006 11:59 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Sure. The Wizard of Oz script I found at The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb) But Drew's Script-O-Rama is also good. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163526 11/15/2006 4:08 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX This is possibly an intentional "mangling" of the Kansas state motto "Ad astra per aspera" to further illustrate his "humbug-osity" since he is claims to be "an old Kansas man myself...born and bred in the heart of the western wilderness". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Wizard of Oz #163527 11/15/2006 4:11 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh If you google, the phrase "per ardua ad alta", you'll see it's a variant on the RAF motto, per ardua ad astra, and, supposedly, the family motto of the Hanna family. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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