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I got sent a few good ones in the e-mail, does anybody know any others?

"Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare" -
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.

"Homo Sapiens non urinat in Ventum." -
I wise man does not piss into the wind.

"Domino vobiscum." -
The pizza guy is here.

"Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?" -
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

"Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui" -
Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it.

"Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?" -
Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? (barbeque sitiation)



I have a friend who has a habit of saying 'pudor tu' quiet a bit...
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history *is* moralizing
while studying Latin in Berlin, Germany, friends and me used to say:

COGITO ERGO DUMM
(German "dumm"= dumb)
i think, thus (i'm) stupid
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Hello Salem, my name's Winifred. What's yours
i put latin words in english sentences sometimes as i used to study latin but i can only remember the odd word.

So i'll say things like 'if you dont bugger off we are gonna have a pugna' -- a fight
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Originally Posted by undercoverlover
i put latin words in english sentences sometimes as i used to study latin but i can only remember the odd word.

So i'll say things like 'if you dont bugger off we are gonna have a pugna' -- a fight
I'll have to try that one.



i like putting quotes into latin, like, as i believe perhaps Caity had, or nebbs, i forget who. Prudiente et lentus, lapsunt ille curre celeriter. "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast."
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Originally Posted by Eyes
i like putting quotes into latin, like, as i believe perhaps Caity had, or nebbs, i forget who. Prudiente et lentus, lapsunt ille curre celeriter. "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast."

Are you thinking about the signature I had for a while: Homo homini lupus est (Man is wolf to man)?



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Domino vobiscum....Can't wait to use that one.



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Originally Posted by hamem
Domino vobiscum....Can't wait to use that one.
Do i detect sarcasm? Perhaps you are suggesting my sayings aren't very handy mmm?