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New wiki page
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 1:01 pm
by Charlie Reams
An aide-memoire for some words and non-words in the form of
etymological fun.
Re: New wiki page
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:02 pm
by Lesley Hines
Thanks for this; there's some interesting stuff in there. Didn't know PRAESIDIUM had made it into English via the Russian, though - I only knew it from this cute little limerick:
There was a Roman from Vinidium
Whose shirt was made of iridium
When asked why the vest
He replied "Id est
Bonum sanguinem praesidium!"
(It's a bloody good protection)
Re: New wiki page
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:07 pm
by Charlie Reams
While we're doing Latin limericks...
Whenever a fellow named Rex
Flashed his very small organ of sex,
He always got off
For the judges would scoff,
"De minimis non curat lex".
Re: New wiki page
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:50 pm
by Mike Brown
Charlie Reams wrote:An aide-memoire for some words and non-words in the form of
etymological fun.
So that's what you were up to.
