Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Best quote regarding Latin that I've read in quite some time
27/02/2013 11:13:59 AM
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A good Latin student never declines sex.
27/02/2013 04:45:15 PM
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Or most other cardinals. *NM*
27/02/2013 04:55:55 PM
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Judging by the graffiti I've seen, they didn't speak it particularly well.
27/02/2013 09:05:31 PM
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They spoke it at about the level at which the average American Facebook user speaks English.
28/02/2013 12:40:48 AM
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Not really, other than a few allusions such as one made in Catullus' poem #84. *NM*
28/02/2013 11:18:58 PM
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