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2008-11-02 Britain

Councils ban 'elitist' and 'discriminatory' Latin phrases

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In a related development, the Broadland Council also mandated that all council staff will henceforth refer to other staffers not as "colleagues" or "co-workers", but as "droogs."

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-11-02 01:41|| 2008-11-02 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 non compos mentis

Posted by Classer 2008-11-02 04:20|| 2008-11-02 04:20|| Front Page Top

#3 est is satura?

Posted by .5MT 2008-11-02 05:16|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-11-02 05:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Completely ad hominem I'd say. The Aberdonians (Scots) will likely revolt. To little to late however. The cause is lost, Albion (old England) is in rigor mortis.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-02 06:55|| 2008-11-02 06:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Per? I mean to say -- per??? As in kilometers per hour, miles per gallon, parts per million, pounds per day, furlongs per fortnight?

Res ipsa loquitur.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2008-11-02 07:35|| 2008-11-02 07:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Uh oh, am I banned ?

Posted by Parabellum 2008-11-02 07:42|| 2008-11-02 07:42|| Front Page Top

#7 I think this is a good idea. We should use Anglo-Saxon words only. No Urdu borrow words any more.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-11-02 08:31|| 2008-11-02 08:31|| Front Page Top

#8 If this bothers you, try teaching middle school and high school students to use even a modicum of "proper" English in their speech and writing. It is frequently a massive gesture in futility.

Posted by WolfDog 2008-11-02 09:18|| 2008-11-02 09:18|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL wolfDawg. Wut?

Posted by .5MT 2008-11-02 09:20|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-11-02 09:20|| Front Page Top

#10 NS, that might prove more difficult than you would expect. From the online etymological dictionary -

use (verb): c.1240, from Old French user "use, employ, practice," from Latin *usare ....

;-)

Posted by lotp 2008-11-02 09:34|| 2008-11-02 09:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Sic transit gloria mundi

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-02 10:05|| 2008-11-02 10:05|| Front Page Top

#12 This wouldn't be an issue if they all switched to Arabic.

Posted by ed 2008-11-02 10:17|| 2008-11-02 10:17|| Front Page Top

#13 E pluribus unum.

Oops.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-11-02 10:58|| 2008-11-02 10:58|| Front Page Top

#14 sounds like vigorous inaction on the part of the Councils, to me. Common practice amongst the genre. After all, most don't have the foggiest notion on how to run anything so they amuse themselves by playing silly games. Actually, they sound like they may be confusing themselves with French with their ban on foreign words. Merci!

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-11-02 11:52|| 2008-11-02 11:52|| Front Page Top

#15 Oderint dum metuant.
Nuf sed!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous58397">AlmostAnonymous58397 2008-11-02 13:28|| 2008-11-02 13:28|| Front Page Top

#16 Oderint dum metuant.
Nuf sed!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous58397">AlmostAnonymous58397 2008-11-02 13:30|| 2008-11-02 13:30|| Front Page Top

#17 1900 latin phrases

Posted by Bobby 2008-11-02 16:24|| 2008-11-02 16:24|| Front Page Top

#18 Thought Crime is not far behind.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-11-02 16:35|| 2008-11-02 16:35|| Front Page Top

#19 What is Latin for "...and the horse you rode in on"?

Posted by SteveS 2008-11-02 22:41|| 2008-11-02 22:41|| Front Page Top

#20 Steve, according to a really cool website called "Latin insults," "Screw you and the horse you rode in on" can translate as either "Te futueo et caballum tuum" or "Te futueo et equum tuum."*

Why not send these idiots both versions and let them choose? ;-p

*No, I didn't translate it myself. Latin class was nearly 50 years ago, and Mrs. Griggs never taught us cool stuff like that anyway.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-11-02 22:54|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-11-02 22:54|| Front Page Top

#21 Gawd, I love the 'burg. It's such a fountain of information. Thanks, Barbara!

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