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From: Tristan Tornado< >
Subject: Re: Latin quotations
Date: 7 Dec 1998 16:08:21 -0800


---ray montgomery <> wrote:
>
(with an environmentally safe writing implement cushioned by 100
pounds of styrofoam and a super set of shock absorbers):

> jackie Brown!!!!
> your lack of Character is showing!!!!!!!!!!!!
> What may i ask makes you one bit better that Tristam the Tornado!!!!!
> may i point out some very basic Differences!!!
> 1. you are not saying any thing postitive or constructive!!! on the
> other hand the tornado has been very positive!!!!
> 2. you are being destructive and belittling, (i was once told
pretty is
> as pretty does- What you have done is not very pretty) he is being
> constructive - notice the many posts to this list that have come
from his
> prooding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 3. you are being belittleing. (who may i ask set you up in the
position
> to judge)
> he is humble and if you have not noticed mentions that he makes
mistakes
> and could use meds.

I COULD USE A REFILL ON THOSE MEDS ABOUT NOW. YOU FELLAS OVER READING
THE BLUEPRINTS CAN SEND SOME RIGHT OVER.
Tristan
"manic depression has captured my soul...."

> now would you like to explain why you have done
this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> unless the spirit of the lord told you to do this, and he would not
you
> need to repent!!!!
> VERY Seriously
> RAY
>
> On 5 Dec 1998 22:04:48 -0800 (Jackie Brown)
> writes:
> >
> >Tristan Tornado ,
> >
> >Why don't you give us all a break. You are obviously an uneducated
> >jerk who is trying to be someone you are not.Why don't you keep your
> >antics in the beloved little ghetto where you belong and leave us
> >alone to conduct serious research.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >---Tristan Tornado <> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You had no choice but to take Latin ?
> >> When I was in school they didn't even want to teach us English.
They
> >> sat us down and told us there was no books so we all just talked or
> >> whatever while the teacher took a nap.But I ain't complaining
cause
> >I
> >> could've done it myself, I just didn't want to then.
> >> So now I am learning this stuff mixed in with a little
> >> medieval genealogy and history to make it more interesting.
> >> To keep this on topic : Do you think William the Conqueror would've
> >> liked the Chicago Bulls ?
> >>
> >> Tristan
> >> ---John Steele Gordon <> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Tristan Tornado wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I am turning in my Latin homework.
> >> > > fortum posce animum = the animal passes the fort
> >> > > no, it's- a lively posse's way
> >> > > or- build a lively fort while passing the
> >animal.
> >> > > One of those.
> >> >
> >> > Well I see it's the silly season. Since I'm over fifty, and thus
> >had
> >> no
> >> > choice but to take Latin, I'll help out the younger members.
> >"Fortum
> >> > posce animum" is a quote from the poet Juvenal (c. 55- c. 127).
> >It
> >> means
> >> > "Pray for a strong will [or soul]."
> >> >
> >> > The word "posse," by the way, is already a Latin word. It comes
> >from
> >> the
> >> > legal phrase "posse comitatus," meaning "the power of the
county."
> >> In the
> >> > Middle Ages a sheriff could summon every able-bodied man over 15
> >as a
> >> > posse comitatus to meet an emergency. The institution disappeared
> >long
> >> > ago, but the law never dies, so there it was, just the thing for
> >19th
> >> > century sheriffs in the American West to use when they had to
head
> >off
> >> > the bad guys at the pass.
> >> >
> >> > John Steele Gordon (20th generation descendant of a member of a
> >posse
> >> > comitatus, just to keep on-topic).
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Are you grading on a curve ?
> >> > > Tristan
> >> > >
> >> > > ---"Barrie J. Wright" <> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > OK, Tristan and others,
> >> > > > Here's a lurker with a smattering of Latin to help you out.
> >> > > > No guarantees, as it's now 38 years since my last last
lesson.
> >> > > > DSH doesn't use many different phrases really.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Be thankful there's no fluent writer of it --but other
> >languages
> >> > > > are allowed on the list, so Spencer is centric here, rather
> >than
> >> > > eccentric.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > vide infra = see below
> >> > > > pro sapienta = for wisdom or knowledge [take your pick]
> >> > > > pax vobiscum = peace be with you
> >> > > > lux et veritas = light and truth
> >> > > >
> >> > > > For homework:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > fortem posce animum = something about strength and the soul
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So you see, DSH is actually more polite in Latin than in
> >English,
> >> > > but I always
> >> > > > love his sharp-edged final quotations.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Apologies for errors, but I wouldn't be the only one to
> >mislead
> >> > > people
> >> > > > on this list..
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Good advice for all:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > fortiter in re, suaviter in modo = acting forcibly, yet in a
> >> gentle
> >> > > manner [OED]
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Joy to The World
> >> > > > Barrie Wright in Adelaide, South Australia.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
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> >>
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