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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: learning to read #96681 03/07/03 09:57 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I never heard that one before! Very clever! (From Latin for All Occasions, by Henry Beard) -- my favorite: Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt. When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter apologies to Joni Mitchell #96682 03/08/03 01:22 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? - Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? It's Latin's illusions I recall. I really don't know Latin at all. I really don't. Should that be "Denuove" ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more silliness #96683 03/08/03 05:00 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA O sibile, se ergo! Fortibus es in ero. Nobile! Demis trux! Vatis inem. Causan dux. This appears to me to be a song praising the virtues of a young maiden. Here's my stab at it: Oh Sybil, you go girl! Your strength is like a noble fir. Humble child, Semi-wild, Prophet, poet, Leader, Guide. How did I do, Magister Tsuwm? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more silliness #96684 03/08/03 02:56 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC O sibile, se ergo! Fortibus es in ero. Nobile! Demis trux! Vatis inem. Causan dux. How'd you do? Not very well. O Cybil, se her go. Forty buses in a row. No, Bill, them is trucks. What is in 'em? Cows and ducks. I learnt it as: Lucat, bene derdego. Honet bus es inero. Honomo, demis trux. Summit causin, summit dux. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter just talking to myself #96685 03/08/03 07:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA O sibile, se ergo... Oh see, Billy, see 'er go... ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more silliness #96686 03/10/03 03:53 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA This appears to me to be a song praising the virtues of a young maiden. Aw, C'mon you guys! You didn't think I was serious, did you??? Tongue was firmly planted in cheek. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: more silliness #96687 03/17/03 02:35 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I know a "Spanish" version of it: Si, Senor, dere diego Forte lores in aro Dere no lores, de is truqs Fola cous an shep an dux! - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: just talking to myself #96688 03/17/03 03:26 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Oh see, Billy, see 'er go... ? that's the ticket k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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,... 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