cannylinguist (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cannylinguist) wrote,@ 2004-02-25 02:47:00 |
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A Little Help for Homunculus
The Economist has a brief review offering an amusing look at the recently published X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator by Henry Beard, founder of National Lampoon:
Read the rest of it at A little help for homunculus.
The Economist has a brief review offering an amusing look at the recently published X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator by Henry Beard, founder of National Lampoon:
First prize for devilish translating goes to "wet T-shirt contest" (certamen inter mammosas tunicis madefactis vestitas), closely followed by "sushi bar" (taberna Iaponica pulpamentorum incoctorum marinorum). The finest-resonance award goes to crapulentus sum ("I'm wasted!"). But since Latin is for lovers, special mention should go to a highly topical chat-up line containing the much-maligned future perfect: Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint, "If you won't sleep with me, the terrorists will have won."
Read the rest of it at A little help for homunculus.
