N.D.R. Chat thread!

[Susie]

Re: N.D.R.

Would you care to translate for those of us who understand English a little better than Latin?

quem = who/what
Deus = god
vult
perdere = lose?
dementat
prius = prior/before?

That concludes my translation!!

[swanfan]

Re: N.D.R.

"quem Deus vult perdere, dementat prius".

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

[IF]

Re: N.D.R.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

Not just a pretty face them Swanny!!

[swanfan]

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Not just a pretty face them Swanny!!

Nope.

[garlok]

Re: N.D.R.

Gawd its 52 years ago now but learning Latin starts with:-

amo I love
amas You love
amat He/She loves
amamus We love
forgot You love (plural and formal)
forgot They love.

pronounce every letter, boy! There is no r in amas only in amamus, swish swish went the cane.

I think I still have a shorter Latin primer in the loft. B****y sad isn't it? LOL

Garlok

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: N.D.R.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

rem acu tetigisti!

(Literally: "You have touched it with a needle")

[garlok]

Re: N.D.R.

Quid pro quo, Quo Vadis?

Et tu Brute (Brootay by the way)
Brutus et erat

Garlok

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: N.D.R.

Gawd its 52 years ago now but learning Latin starts with:-

amo I love
amas You love
amat He/She loves
amamus We love
forgot You love (plural and formal)

amatis

forgot They love.

amant

[garlok]

Re: N.D.R.

Thank you sir very kind,

By the way you are not that little abnoxious Yorkshire git who had bean bags in the end of the sleeves of his acedemic gown are you with which to smack pupils round the back of the head? Also a dab hand and dead accurate at 15 paces with a wooden blackboard rubber?

regards
Garlok

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: N.D.R.

By the way you are not that little abnoxious Yorkshire git who had bean bags in the end of the sleeves of his acedemic gown are you with which to smack pupils round the back of the head? Also a dab hand and dead accurate at 15 paces with a wooden blackboard rubber?

Certainly not!

[garlok]

Re: N.D.R.

LOL! (the Yorkshire bit or the acedemic bit?)

Garlok

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: N.D.R.

LOL! (the Yorkshire bit or the acedemic bit?)

Both!

[garlok]

Re: N.D.R.

l

Garlok

[Never-In-Doubt]

Re: N.D.R.

Swanny likes google - google is his friend

* as is Wiki

---> Whom the gods would destroy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[PlanB]

Re: N.D.R.

Well Wikipedia says that the Latin motto "Experto Credite" is loosely translated as "Trust Me I'm the Expert"