MrsLime's Thought For The Day

[matt674]

Come on man, how could a DOLPHIN get to a mineshaft?

Maybe you've confused him with Gentle Ben.

My apologies - how could i have been so silly.

I was actually thinking of The Littlest Hobo!!

 

[Sark79]

This is a nice quote I think

      “For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”

 Ivan Panin quotes (Russian mathematician1855-1942)
 

[RED-DOG]

One of my faves..

Melius frangi quam flecti.

It is better to break than to bend.

My fave is

Melior rumpus ventus ut vos sinus

It's better to break wind when you bend

[matt674]

can we quit it with the Latin phrases? Every time i read one for some reason i start reciting the latin verb chant from our first year "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt"

Its not really a period of my life i wish to revisit - year one latin with Mr. Hearn!!

[bolt pp]

can we quit it with the Latin phrases? Every time i read one for some reason i start reciting the latin verb chant from our first year "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt"

Its not really a period of my life i wish to revisit - year one latin with Mr. Hearn!!

What school did you go to that taught latin?

[booder]

can we quit it with the Latin phrases? Every time i read one for some reason i start reciting the latin verb chant from our first year "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt"

Its not really a period of my life i wish to revisit - year one latin with Mr. Hearn!!

Barry Hearn taught you latin ?

[NoflopsHomer]

"Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

Kirk in Star Trek II

[TightEnd]

can we quit it with the Latin phrases? Every time i read one for some reason i start reciting the latin verb chant from our first year "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt"

Its not really a period of my life i wish to revisit - year one latin with Mr. Hearn!!

Latin was terrific, gives you a great grounding in the English Language

[MrsLime]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

[matt674]

What school did you go to that taught latin?

M. G. S.

Barry Hearn taught you latin ?

Never found out his first name. Always remember his first lesson just over 20 years ago when he stood in front of the class and said "My name is Mr Hearn"

then after a long pause and a bit of a scowl "But you may call me Sir". Funny, i probably remember learning more in his class than in the 4 years that followed. Only reason i completed it up to GCSE was because i hated History and R.E. more!!

Latin was terrific, gives you a great grounding in the English Language

Although at the time i hated it and because i didn't do to well in it i couldn't go on to do a third language (French and Latin were compulsory for the first two years then if you were good at both you got the choice of German, Greek or Russian in the third year). I'd rather have swapped Latin for German but now looking back over the years it is amazing how many words and phrases stem from the Latin language.

[bolt pp]

Greek German and Russian!!

I had french for two years untill i got kicked out for letting the teachers car tyres down one weekend.

she came out as we were doing it and as my mate was already half way down the road yelling "leg it"!! i was trying to be cool and the first thing that came to mind was " bonjour madamaselle sibia" but she didnt look to happy so i legged it as well.

[Harmony26]

can we quit it with the Latin phrases? Every time i read one for some reason i start reciting the latin verb chant from our first year "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt"

As in:

amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant - the first Latin verb one learns to conjugate, if I remember rightly, preferably without a dragon of a teacher looming over you... the teacher concerned makes a world of difference - my Latin teacher was brill, my Maths A Level guy was a great mathematician but totally inept at passing his subject on in an understandable and encouraging manner.

Have to agree with TightEnd - Latin gives you a wonderful basis in understanding language and the roots of words.

[matt674]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

 

until the part where he got the sword out that could well have been my first year latin teacher. Many a time i got the nose or ear pull treatment when being tested on the words "tamen=however and tandem=at last". Got them wrong once and then whenever either word came up in text i was given a swift 2 minutes of him shouting "tamen" and "tandem" at me. If i got one wrong it was a swift yank of the ear!!

[thetank]

It's a good job you had to do two years of Latin before moving onto any Eastern European languages.

After all, fools Russian where angels fear to tread.

[matt674]

I had french for two years untill i got kicked out for letting the teachers car tyres down one weekend.

you went to boarding school?