[rollei_list] Re: Latin Plural of Virus
- From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:45:47 -0800
What would be "commander in chief" in Latin ?
S. Dimitrov
On Jan 22, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
> At 02:49 PM 1/22/05 -0800, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> "Bingo" is a corruption through the Lingua Populares of the Late
> Empire of
> the Classic Latin verb "vinco", meaning "I win". The perfect form of
> this
> is apparent in C=E6sar's famous "veni, vedi, vici". =20
>
> Richard, I am somewhat surprised that you did not know this. I had
> thought
> that your knowledge of incanabula extended to the radio broadcasts of
> the
> Early Empire and the efforts Nero made to develop commercial
> television.
> In frustration, as he died, he screamed "quantum artifex pereo" ("such
> an
> artist dies in me!") which are words which, obviously, could only be
> said
> by a producer. =20
>
> Caligula's role in the development of airtime salesman (generally
> referred
> to these days as "sales slugs" or "sales jerks" by those in the
> industry)
> is much more obscure. Leo X's role in their advancement to sainthood a
> millenium later still causes problems to Vatican scholars as does their
> adoption as "blessed souls of the inner crypt" by Chief Rabbi Levi at
> the
> Secret Council of Ishwah in 1239 AD. =20
>
> (I apologize, guys: I've been reading Dan Brown's books (ANGLES &
> DEMONS
> and THE DA VINCI CODE) and I'm hyped up on this stuff right now -- and
> I am
> quite a bit more creative than is Mr Brown.)
>
> Remember the secret code: parcllasisiht. Decipher this and you will
> own
> the seventh seal of Solomon.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir!
>
>
>
>
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