who can remember latin from school ?

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:13

A little test from the Beeb



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8151641.stm



I got two wrong... My Latin teacher would kill me..



Seriously, try it - even if you didn't do Latin - you might be surprised at how "easy" some answers might be..

Mr Vince


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:26

Five from seven. It's only 40 years since I last did Latin

mikelapta



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Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:28

55 years ago:

Amo amas...I loved a lass

Amas amat...I knocked her flat.

begonia


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Posts: 229

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:32

Got 5/7. I wonder if we all got the same 2 wrong ?

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:37

I got 4 and 6 wrong... I could kick myself for six.. Art maketh art. ?

Jetski


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:37

Got 6/7. I got the pound coin question wrong.



S

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:40

You are the current "hero" .. congrats ;)

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:41

btw re msg 5



That's Q 4 .. great minds ?

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:49

Failed miserably 3/7 though didn't do Latin at school (wish I had) my French helped a little. Honi soit qui mal y pense!



Richard

Lilli



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:51

hi 6ms got 6 right xxxx

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:55

Respect, Lilli

Jetski


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:55

Well done Lilli- must have been that good catholic education!

Lilli



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:56

that jetski and married to an italian xxx

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 16:58

I only got 4....:(

negativenick


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:03

5 / 7 fro the Nickster...

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:03

Never mind Bill



"Illegitimi non carborundum"





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

Brinsley


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Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:15

mmmmmmmmmmmmm



Been peeking at Asil Nadirs watch again? How do manage to get so close to him? Something you're not telling us?!



Richard

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:17

Dear Richard



re msg 17



Please don't be disparaging about "Mr Promises" ;)

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:26

mmmmmmmmm



You might have had a sabbatical as your fan club pointed out waving mmmmmm's flag in your absence but it seems to have done nothing for your sense of humour!



Richard

Dusterbruce


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Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:31

I got 6 from 7



Last did Latin in 1964.



Going to Mass helps keep it fresh in my mind!

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:32

hiya duster hats what helps me also. xxxx

Dusterbruce


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Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:35

Hi Lilli



We met once when Guidos was at the back of the Harbour Club, dont expect you to remember me.

Pleased you are OK.



Tony

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:38

5 out of 7

That's what comes of learing Latin with an Irish accent

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:39

Hi Tony Thanks Im fine How are you. I do remember you. Come and see us at our new restaurant. It will be lovely to see you again xxx

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 17:47

Марка я gurantee не к. )

Harold2555



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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:19

He He 7 right



informed guess work for sure but still 30 years ago for my last latin lesson



Harold

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:22

5/7 - OK joint effort, but, to be fair, neither of us did Latin at school (actually they didn't do English at Paul's school I don't think )

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:22

5/7 - OK joint effort, but, to be fair, neither of us did Latin at school (actually they didn't do English at Paul's school I don't think )

Arthur


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:50

Err............7/7. But then, if I hadn't, the ghost of Mr Harry Harden [my old latin master], would have been less than impressed. In fact, even though I got them all right, he would have given me 6/7, on the basis that I wasn't as good as him. And yes, all the kids loved and respected him.

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:54

Arthur - yes, I had an English teacher (Mrs Slater) who was a bit like that!



Looking back, she was probably the best teacher a class of 15/16 year old girls could ever have. I still respect her - a pity there aren't a few more like these around now!



Regards.



J

Park_Lane


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:12

Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/parklanenortherncyprus/

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:18

3/7 not bad for me as I got kicked out the Latin class for telling the Master it was a dead language! The only time in my life I spoke back to a teacher. Oh well didn't do me any harm even though we still use some Latin terms in Nursing.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:27

Well done Arthur ( and Mr Harden !)



the-wicks .. 5/7 without schooling in the subject.. OMG.. same score as me, who did..:(

mamachina


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:45

6/7 - sorry guys!! Maybe Im not so dim as I thiought I was gertting!!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:54

I've just done it again and got 7/7.



Что Вы говорите теперь Марку? )

magalan


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 12:07

5 out of 7 for me. But I did win the competition at school to see who could come bottom in Latin !

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 14:57

Got 7/7, but must admit, wobbled on the last one, as none of the answers seemed to be a perfect fit.

What if the 3 answer options were removed? I think, I would scrape max 4, but then again my Latin has always been appalling, even 20 years ago, when I had my last lesson.



Nice to see that multiple m has switched to Latin. Very noble!!!



Love,

Clarissa



P.S. Dear mmmmmm, have you guessed yet, that Sergei’s so called robotic English translations is what Ali G has been successfully doing for years : taking p**s ( sorry, should have said “pulling your leg”)?

Я думаю, что он над Вами подшутил, а Вы ему поверили – как печально!

mixie


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 15:32

Hi there all,

Miss Swotty got 7/7 but i was brought up with the mass in Latin, Italian parents, did Latin at School and won a medal for it but I must admit I had one too that I wobbled over so I was nearly a 6/7.

Mixie

begonia


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Posts: 229

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 18:24

'Fortibus is in ero '.............does anyone remember the rest ?

begonia


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Posts: 229

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 18:41

Found it:

O sibile si ergo

Fortibus es in aro

O nobile demis trux

Watis inem

Causand dux

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 18:47

Ha ha,

Translates from 'dog Latin' as:

Oh, see, Billy!

See her go!

Forty buses in a row!

Oh, no, Billy!

Them is trucks!

What is in them?

Cows and ducks!”

See - http://www.fortibuses.com/

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 20:03

ad hoc............................MORE WINE!



Richard

neil27


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 20:13

An annoying 6 ot of 7 for me - got the easy coin one wrong!

spider


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 21:58

well i must be honest as that is how i am..not bad though.3/7 and to think i did not do a great deal at school.because of a few hand writing problems but hay ho...a Diploma once leaving school cant be that bad after all.







Spider,X

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:12

Yep but more to the point who know's what Latin words/abbreviations have made it into everyday English language. I will start of with 'etc' (etcetera), meaning 'and the rest' or/and 'and so on'

AJ

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:17

Annus Horribilis - used by our own dear Queen

With little effort found a comprehensive list of words / phrases here: -

http://users.bigpond.net .au/renton/310.htm

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:20

OK another one, 'ad infinitum' endlessly/forever.

AJ

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:22

pro rata?



J

keithcaley



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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:24

Oops, that should have been: -

http://users.bigpond.net .au/renton/310.htm

keithcaley



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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:24

I give up!

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
16/07/2009 22:28

Msg 48



Prostitute rat arsed?



Richard

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
17/07/2009 10:49

Dear Harold



re msg 26



Forgive, me !



I see you are also worthy of the gold star ... :D



re msg 37



Clarissa2



and to you..!



>>Nice to see that multiple m has switched to Latin. Very noble!!! <<



Very kind of you to say so.. if you hang around another year, you might even be a "fan " ;)



re Sergey and his posting style - I was quite happy to continue in blissful "ignorance"... put thanks for trying to "spare my blushes"... !





To everyone else.. ( and Hans -if you are watching !)



We just demonstrated this board has hidden depths of talent and folk that don't just read the red tops ))))