[LargeFormat] OT: Latin transliation was View Camera Magazine ad info ques?

[Jim Hemenway]

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Stuart Phillips wrote:
> 
> Nollite illegitimus contarere vos
> 
> And of course "nollite" is an order/imperative, so "nollite illegitimi.."
> would be "Don't you bastards..! :)
> The whole thing is wrong; as with Stan's recollection, the version I know
> is:
> 
> "Nil
> > illegitimi carborundum,"
> 
> Thanks for the other quote as I've always liked Heinlein.
> 
> The whole thing reminds me of the section in Montry Python's Life of Brian,
> where Brian (?), acting for the Upper Gallilee Liberation Front gets a Latin
> lesson from a Centurion (John Cleese) on how to write "Romans Go Home!".
> 
> "Romani, ite domum!" - although it's been a long time:)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan McQueen" <stan@smcqueen.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] OT: Latin transliation was View Camera Magazine
> ad info ques?
> 
> > At 10:13 PM 4/13/2003, you wrote:
> > >One visit I had a little extra time, and immediately thought that the
> Latin
> > >I had taken the first two years of college had gotten so rusty that I was
> > >re-writing the language.  Later I went to the clerk, and after
> remembering
> > >that the students were indeed college age kids, I thought my chuckling
> would
> > >crack a rib  when she said "You translated it correctly, it means  'Don't
> > >let the bastards get you down.'"
> >
> > Of course, "illegitimus" is singular, not plural. :-)
> >
> > The "bastard" Latin that is similar to this that I've often seen is "Nil
> > illegitimi carborundum," which is, of course, "Don't let the bastards
> grind
> > you down." Then there's "De gustibus non disputandem est" which R.
> Heinlein
> > translated as "There is no disputing that Gus is in the east."
> >
> > Stan
> >
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