LAST EDITED ON Jul-17-12 AT 04:32 PM (EDT)
 
>>Speaking of Latin, I seem to have forgotten what 'Ludo * Fore *
>>Putavimus' means, and the online translator says it means 'Game/School
>>* would be * Thought', which I'm pretty sure is at least partially
>>wrong.
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>"We Thought It Would Be Fun".
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>--G.
>-><-
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>Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

Cool, thanks.

>>This all reminds me of the time I was trying to figure out how to say
>>"Sucks to Be You" in Latin. Due to the vagaries of language, one of
>>the answers I got back involved a form of the word Fellatio...
>>

Well, Google Translate thinks it should be 'Sugit ad vos,' but I can't be sure that's right. EDIT: Somewhat amusingly, it translated Gryphon's .sig as 'CATO THE ELDER', in all caps like that - attributing the quote, instead of translating it.

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>I prefer "McFerrin Policeman" for proof that translation can sometimes
>get tricky.
>

Erm, I'm missing the reference, here.

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington