tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post1484018887657805898..comments2023-08-08T11:27:42.386+01:00Comments on Menke's Kinky Hair: Nice one centurion!realdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084002807834145023noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-89538501269202637552007-01-05T17:14:00.000+00:002007-01-05T17:14:00.000+00:00By Jove, that was it! Ego sum homo indomitus. I'...By Jove, that was it! Ego sum homo indomitus. I'm sure it was homo rather than miles. I translated "homo indomitus" while watching it as "I'm an indomitable man" because I tend to translate literally rather than into idiom (Latin is brill for figuring out foreign words in that manner!). I'm way better with written Latin than spoken.<br /><br />I did a nice job of explaining to Billy the "Romani ito domum" joke in Life of Brian. His eyes glazed a bit when I chanted "nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative" and muttered "go ... imperative .... mmm" <br /><br />Billy's eyes were so glazed I didn't launch into a discussion of the similar scene in "Canadian Bacon" where the Canadian cop makes the Americans translate their insulting graffiti into Canadian French.llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-80876222267975193282007-01-05T16:16:00.000+00:002007-01-05T16:16:00.000+00:00Dear llewtrah, you are right about the actual Lati...Dear llewtrah, you are right about the actual Latin words (kind of). As I remember it, he shouted 'ego sum homo indomitus' or 'ego sum miles indomitus' meaning 'I am an unconquerable man/soldier'. As a professional Latinist (!) I took the liberty of translating this in a more idiomatic way for Realdoc. The rest of what he said was exactly 'Be afraid, be very afraid' in Latin. feliciter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-57971132823200012002007-01-05T15:24:00.000+00:002007-01-05T15:24:00.000+00:00I thought they'd got rid of the beta/non-beta divi...I thought they'd got rid of the beta/non-beta divide.realdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084002807834145023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-53656396420335104182007-01-05T07:07:00.000+00:002007-01-05T07:07:00.000+00:00I didn't tape it so I can't check, but I thought o...I didn't tape it so I can't check, but I thought one of the words was "homines" (men). My Latin is a bit rusty, albeit good enough for me to get the Latin jokes in Life of Brian.<br /><br />There must be Latin notes on a Whovian site womewhere.llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-64706487909833082682007-01-05T02:17:00.000+00:002007-01-05T02:17:00.000+00:00Since The Passion Of The Christ, it seems to be co...Since <i>The Passion Of The Christ</i>, it seems to be compulsory to speak Latin in an Italian accent. It's one of those things that seems so obvious, but it needs a mad alcoholic bigot to point it out to you.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-22339298905156534862007-01-05T01:41:00.001+00:002007-01-05T01:41:00.001+00:00Should have done that in Latin, shouldn't I?Should have done that in Latin, shouldn't I?Mangonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674752753786940378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-38883110229235191042007-01-05T01:41:00.000+00:002007-01-05T01:41:00.000+00:00(why is it that when I comment on your posts it as...(why is it that when I comment on your posts it asks me to verify TWICE? It's flippin' annoying - is it because you're beta and I'm not?)Mangonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674752753786940378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-55457969325434928132007-01-05T01:39:00.000+00:002007-01-05T01:39:00.000+00:00Scio! Jocosum facetumque diverbium!Scio! Jocosum facetumque diverbium!Mangonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674752753786940378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32468080.post-46875565709386051762007-01-04T17:50:00.000+00:002007-01-04T17:50:00.000+00:00Nescio quid dicas.Nescio quid dicas.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com