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     Sure, I speak a little Latin.
         Sane, paululum linguae Latinae dico.
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     I picked it up here and there. Really, Latin isn't all that hard.
         Id legi modo hic modo illic. Vero, Latine loqui non est difficilissimum.
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     It looks like a tricky language, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly.
         Lingua speciem involutam praebet, sed sat cito eam comprehendes.
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     And remember, there aren't any Romans around to correct your pronunciation.
         Atque memento, nulli adsunt Romanorum qui locutionem tuam corrigant.

Signs of the times ...

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     BEWARE OF DOG
         CAVE CANEM
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     DO NOT DISTURB
         NOLI PERTURBARE
     KEEP OUT
         NOLI INTRARE
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     THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING
         TIBI GRATIAS AGIMUS QUOD NIHIL FUMAS
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     HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN
         SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS

Things you may say a lot ...

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     There goes by bleeper!
         Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
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     Garbage in, garbage out.
         Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.
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     Here today, gone tomorrow.
         Hodie adsit, cras absit.
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     Seen one, seem them all.
         Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
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     What goes around, comes around.
         Id quot circumiret, circumveniat.
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     God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
         Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
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     I've got to see a man about a dog.
         Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
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     I think that Elvis is still alive.
         Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere.

Handy catch phrases

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     Have a nice day.
         Die dulci fruimini.
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     No way.
         Nullo modo.
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     Read my lips ...
         Labra lege ...
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     Accidentally on purpose.
         Casu consulto.
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     Just do it
         Modo fac
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     Bah! Humbug!
         Phy! Fabulae!
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     If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
         Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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     Read 'em and weep.
         Lege atque lacrima.
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     I have nothing to declare.
         Nihil declaro.
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     It was that way when I got here.
         Ita erat quando hic adveni. 

Medical conditions ...

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     Impedimentum Memoriae
         A mental block that makes it hard to remember names.
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     Inopia Celeritatis
         A mild dyslexia that makes it impossible to arrive on time.
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     Morbus Irrigationis
         A rare disease aggravated by watering friends' plants.

A few more essential phrases ...

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     Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
         Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
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     May barbarians invade your personal space!
         Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
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     May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
         Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
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     Don't let the bastards wear you down.
         Noli nothis permittere te terere.
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     Go ahead. Make my day.
         Age. Fac ut gaudeam.
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     How much wood would a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?
         Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
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     Beam me up, Scotty!
         Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
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     Who was that masked man?
         Quis fuit ille personatus?
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     Now this isn't carved in stone ...
         Nunc hoc in marmore non est incisum ...
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     Shark! Shark!
         Pistrix! Pistrix!
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     Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English?
         Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice?
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     You charge how much an hour?
         Quantum in ura hora imputas?
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     I'd like to buy some condoms.
         Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra. 

Don't forget the Seven Dwarfs!

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     Fatuus
         Dopey
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     Medicullus
         Doc
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     Severus
         Grumpy
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     Beatus
         Happy
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     Somniculosus
         Sleepy
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     Verecundus
         Bashful
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     Sternuens
         Sneezy 

In use today ...

The Australian Fish Diseases Laboratory, part of CSIRO, have adopted the carefully-researched motto "Quidquid excusatio prandium pro" for their social activities - "Any excuse for lunch!"

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