#62, RE: The Language List, volume 3
Posted by Gryphon on Apr-11-10 at 01:59 PM
In response to message #60
>Which, IIRC, was actually drawn or carved on a wall in Pompeii, >proving how old that warning is. It appears on a mosaic floor, though some believe it didn't mean "look out, my dog may attack" so much as "be careful not to step on my little dog". :) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
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