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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:23 PM
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Does anyone know what "Don't let the bastards get you down" is, in Latin
I'd really appreciate it if someone who knows this would help me out. I know out of all you smart DUers out there, someone is bound to know it.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:24 PM
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1. Veni, Vidi, Fuckit. nt
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:25 PM
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3. ...
:rofl:
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:25 PM
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2. NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM
Took 5 seconds with Google, haven't verified it
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:27 PM
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4. That's what I was wondering, about the verification part.
There is a big thing on Wiki, of all places, about it being a mis-translation and I was wondering what the right one really is.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:30 PM
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5. If you want right answers you've come to the wrong place
In my state there's a site where you can have a chat session with a professional librarian and have them give correct answers to questions like that. You might want to see if there's a similar service where you live
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:37 PM
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8. That's correct, except the plural is illegitimi.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:31 PM
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6. Noli nothis permittere te terere.
;-) I think.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:31 PM
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7. I work with 7 Latin teachers.
If I remember, I'll ask them tomorrow.
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:49 PM
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9. Operor retineo bastards adepto vos mugio
From an on line translator, I know squatus about Latin.


http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=English&to=Latin
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:50 PM
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Find Someone With a Copy of "The Handmaid's Tale"
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 07:54 PM by Crisco
I think the quote there was "don't let the bastards grind you down."

ETA: from wiki, here you go: "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:07 PM
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12. Bastard is from the French, not Latin.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:12 PM
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14. Nonetheless
I believe it was Atwood who repopularized the saying, so she gets the usage.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 07:50 PM
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10. And you could also throw in "Orchides ejorum trahite; cordes et mentes veniant."
... Grab them by the balls; their hearts and minds will follow.
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:05 PM
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11. My father used to say that all the time!
He recited it as "Non Illegitimi carborundum" Literally "don't let the bastards GRIND you down."

I never learned Latin, but I learned enough to understand English Etymology, and it's helped me stutter by in romance languages.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:12 PM
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13.  Quondo Omni Flunkus Mortati
"When all else fails, play dead."

Oh wait, that's the motto of The Possum Lodge, Chapter 13
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