Yep, LSW's gonna show off her fancy-pants BA edgumacation, and scrawl out this here post in half-American, half-Latin.
What can I say, y'all? HGS held absolutum dominium at last week's Britinn Pub Quiz, ringing in an impressive XLIII points out of XLVI. We proved once again that ipsa scientia potestas est. The highlights:
lemur catta, of course, is Regis Geographiae. But, in a stunning turn o' events, he got a sports question right. Rounders? Rounders? Video, sed non credo!
parenthesis girl is Regina Carmenae Profundus. A pedibus usque ad caput, that gal's one smart cookie.
GTA Feghoot is Regis Umbrae-moenia-caverna-Platae-movent-ae. (What? There ain't no word for "film" in Latin! I'ma doin' the best I can here!) Luceat lux vestra, GTA Feghoot, cuz there ain't no bushels 'roun' these parts.
Alistair LaQuisha Spiritrunner is Regina Aquae. A mari usque ad mare, Alistair knows her book learnin' real good.
And me? My contributions can be summed up in one astute phrase: Ut proverbium loguitur vetus, "Te audire no possum, musa sapienum fixa est in aura!" Yep. I'm the ringer!
In the long long ago, Julius Caesar may have said, "Veni, vidi, vici." HGS, however, walked off with their bottle of pomegranate vodka, a true tribute to the gods, proclaiming, "Venimus, vidimus, spurious brutus deitrum covimus!"
An interjection: Weirdbeard continues his hecklin', even after a sound thrashin' at the hands of HGS. Dude, as the Romans mighta said, "Fuck off!"
HGS, it's time to head on back to the Britinn like the Romans invaded Britannia. And, just like the Romans, we'll walk in with swords drawn, and on the field of battle cry out, "Ad victoriam!"
Well, I'm au bout de son latin (obviously), so I'll leave y'all with this:
Vale, lacerte!
Translations:
Vivere est cogitare: To live is to think.
Anno regni: In the year of the reign
Absolutum dominium: Absolute dominium
XLIII: 43
XLVI: 46
Ipsa scientia potestas est: knowledge itself is power
Regis Geographiae: King of Geography
Video sed non credo: I see it, but I can't believe it
Regis Carmenae Profundus: Queen of Esoteric Music
A pediubus usque caput: From top to toe
Regis: King
Umbrae-moenia-caverna-Platae-movent-ae: Shadows moving on the wall of Plato's cave. (poor attempt at a mutli-hyphenated word in the genitive case)
Luceat lux vestra: Let your light shine
Regina Aquae: Queen of Water
A mari usque ad mare: From sea to sea
Ut proverbium loguitur vetus, te audire no possum, musa sapienum fixa est in aura: As the old proverb says, "I'm sorry, I can't hear you, I have a banana stuck in my ear."
Veni, vidi, vici: I came, I saw, I conquered.
Venimus, vidimus, spurious brutus deitrum covimus: We came, we saw, we tore the thick bastards limb from limb.
Ad victoriam: To victory
Au bout de son latin: at the end of one's Latin (which is in French, actually)
Vale, lacerte!: Later gators!
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#### please, the Romans would not have been so coarse as to deride their opposition with "#### off", though those wily, reserved Spartans, in a touch not seen again 'til Calvin Coolidge, might have used that terse epithet to end debate. Get your ancient civilisations straight, then. Even if the Spartans weren't exactly straight-shooters, if you know what I mean.
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