Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

corruptisima re publica plurimae leges

Generali

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519201.stm

Lest we forget:

1993: Minister resigns over business links
Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates has resigned over his links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir....

Mr Mates' troubles began in late May, when it emerged he had given a watch to Mr Nadir bearing the inscription, "Don't let the !!!!!!s get you down".

bubblesmoney

Che cazzo sta succedendo tutto questo con il latino. solo pensiero vorrei provare la mia mano a come bene. mai studiato latino, ma la struttura di Google Translate è piuttosto utile. Dio sa se è accurato anche se!

hope the above makes sense. it doesnt to me! if the google translate facility got it wrong and it is incomprehensible then i actually meant to say this**** and translated it into italian. is italian the same as latin or is it different? there is no option for latin on the google translate facility.

****"what the f*ck is going on with all this latin. just thought i would try my hand at it as well. never studied latin but the google translate facility is pretty useful. god knows if it is accurate though!"

Eskimo12345

Carpe bosom.

lostinrates

bubblesmoney wrote: »

Che cazzo sta succedendo tutto questo con il latino. solo pensiero vorrei provare la mia mano a come bene. mai studiato latino, ma la struttura di Google Translate è piuttosto utile. Dio sa se è accurato anche se!

hope the above makes sense. it doesnt to me! if the google translate facility got it wrong and it is incomprehensible then i actually meant to say this**** and translated it into italian. is italian the same as latin or is it different? there is no option for latin on the google translate facility.

****"what the f*ck is going on with all this latin. just thought i would try my hand at it as well. never studied latin but the google translate facility is pretty useful. god knows if it is accurate though!"

si, credo que e tante bene. (but mine probably isn't!)

Italian is different to latin. But they still say ''Salve'' which is now a sort of ''hi' rather than a formal greeting. Its obviously easier to understand with a good understanding of latin, like all the romanic languages. E.g. DH has never studied spanish, but understands a lot of it. I found Italian quite hard to learn because the languages I lost with my brain break were french and spanish: so they all get confused in my head a bit . But I understand Italian (in an accent I can get) pretty well: forming the words can be a lot harder.

mizzbiz

Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo

joolsybools

Caecelius est in via.
=
Caecelius is in the street.




Hmmm, so useful! Almost as useful as an MP. Or a banker.

lostinrates

joolsybools wrote: »

Caecelius est in via.
=
Caecelius is in the street.




Hmmm, so useful! Almost as useful as an MP. Or a banker.

LOL, I loved those Cambridge Latin books.

torontoboy45

maybe michael martin could use this for his political epitaph:

'dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'.

(it is sweet and noble to die for your country).