Fox Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Mr Peng...Forum is a latin word.....so before u make fun of Americans using "forums"....its plural is Forae not fora hehe [This message has been edited by Fox (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 it has been several years since my magister drilled latina into me with pointy things... however, if my substance addled brain has anything left to it there is something that rears its head and sez: column 1 singular column 2 plural a ae ae arum ae is am as a is which doesnt help my case but these I think feminine noun endings and masculine endings are different... and m... I s... you t... he she it mus... we tis... you nt... they however, none of these endings go with any of the actual words i remember, neither nouns nor verbs... the one thing I DO know, is that fine fellow, and again I offer my humble gratitude to Fionn, has correctly used the singular 'datum' and the plural 'data' while writing about the Jagdthingy's rate of fire. Now I may just be an old potheaded acid dropping pile of wombat's doo, but I am almost close to being somewhat a little on the verge of having a memory that Forum and Datum were in the same thingy gouping ....declension? or is that verbs? oh hell... PISS OFF, FOX! It is Forum and Fora and Datum and Data and your puny little sniping ratbag ways are merely a boil on the bottom of this thread. Peng All smilies within 3 Plank-lengths of this thread have been transmogrified from zero dimensional point-particles to single dimensional vibrating strings. and then i ate them. edit: was remembering f v. m and other stuff. dammit do i have to go to my mother's attic and break out my old latin primer? [This message has been edited by MrPeng (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Quote: ******************************************** Fionn is not actually a member of this forum or any fora related to combat mission (thank you, Fionn for being one of the only humans I have ever seen use the plural, 'fora' instead of the horrid americanized 'forums' so often seen.) he is instead a small smoothly furred rodent-like creature with a fantasmagorical win/loss ratio not to be confused with gerbiltoy who is not at all a rodent and is also a big fat liar esp about his win loss ratio -MrPeng ****************************************** U can dish it out but u sure can't take it lol Sum es est sumus estis sunt...if u want the whole thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fox: sunt...if u want the whole thing..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> We don't, cause you'd have to post the whole of bloody Cassell's before you got to the nouns. You are posting verb forms. "Fora" is a noun. Actually, several of them. Horum fortissimae Pengae sunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Fox you old gloating sod...so it seems neither of us can remember all of out latina...no big deal. and i most certainly can take it - check out some of the things people have said about me here, and then have a go at me yourself. Do your worst...come on have at me! uh anyway, I am relatively sure that fionn and others take my posting in the spirit: that is, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. if you keep yours there as well we will all have a big hearty laugh. if you decide to get pissy, well then you know what happens? nothing. we go our separate ways. I am not here to have flame wars, I am here to have fun. I hope you are too, and i hope you have bought the game and are playing it to death and are woozy from lack of sleep because you cant play enough of the damn thing. OK? good enough. HOWEVER! you will fnd that I am a tenacious git and do not consider this fora/forum question settled by any means...someone should consult the book of armaments and make a final determination...There must be at least one learned fellow around here who will have the proper reference handy to settle this... Peng ------------------ A Journey of a thousand miles starts with a single gunshot wound to the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Mark IV! you appear to be just the bastard we need in this dark hour. Dammit man, what is the answer we seek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 The answer is 42. ------------------ Work is the curse of the drinking class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanachai Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fox: U can dish it out but u sure can't take it lol Sum es est sumus estis sunt...if u want the whole thing..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, I am not a learned fellow, I am merely a low fellow, so my contributions would not be considered drawing room fashion at all, at all. Fox, you burbler, when inky schoolboys and base fellows like yourself parade a supposed knowledge of a language while trafficking in horrid internet useages such as 'u', and awing us with witty rejoinders as posted above, well, I am moved to write poetry. When Fox arrived upon the Board he quickly drew his mental sword and upon Peng set with repartee disguised as rather dull cliché The Peng himself showed great restraint and let Fox his own wit attaint Mark IV murmured a passing 'git' Fox's argument it seemed was—- not what we would hope to see and delivered with discourtesy Dear Fox, if you should mistake 'u' for proper useage, take this clue should some young woman you desire and to her body you aspire your sloppy useage could lead to your sleeping with a buxom ewe. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads. [This message has been edited by Seanachai (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 That's a chummy bit of verse, there MrS'Tea! U Rulz! Peng ------------------ A Journey of a thousand miles starts with a single gunshot wound to the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanachai Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrPeng: That's a chummy bit of verse, there MrS'Tea! U Rulz! Peng <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Binjamin, we must make him cry 'Peccavi!' ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Geez this stuff is all Greek to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcarey Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 forum, fori - a small furless rodent. 2nd Declension, Neuter noun. Plural is fora. - Bill (a Latin Major) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrPeng: Dammit man, what is the answer we seek?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Peng (you oaf): What part of "several of them" did you fail to understand? A plural is a number >1. Forum is a 2nd declension (neuter) noun, and its Latin plural is fora. Since we're an American board (we'll come into your town, we'll help you party down...), the American Heritage shows either forums or fora as acceptable, a sure sign of the decline of the West. But that's what Rome gets for losing the war. Poor Fox was conjugating when he should have been declining. Sad, to have one's conjugal failures paraded before the forum. [Edit] Impressive, Mr. Carey. Why a Latin major, may I ask? [This message has been edited by Mark IV (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanachai Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: a sure sign of the decline of the West. But that's what Rome gets for losing the war. Poor Fox was conjugating when he should have been declining. Sad, to have one's conjugal failures paraded before the forum. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> True, and history, then, is written by the Barbarians Mark IV, always a gentleman, as I've said before, your summation left me proud to have witnessed it. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcarey Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> [Edit] Impressive, Mr. Carey. Why a Latin major, may I ask? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Why a Latin Major? Well - why not? I work as a java geek, and I can't learn that in school, so I figure I might as well study something else that's cool. Latin qualifies. How are you acquainted with our grandmother tongue? It's comforting to know I'm not the only one out there. Romanes eunt domus!? - Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Not the dative, sir! Romani ite domum! Romani ite domum! Romani ite... Latin is VERY cool. Unfortunately I've forgotten most of it (Catholic school, which also led to my abhorrence of PENGuins). Caesar was excellent, and I liked Livy and Tacitus, which should show about how far I got. I would love to find the complete works of Polybios (in English) somewhere, incidentally, because he was about as close to an eyewitness account of the First Punic War as we have. I loved Great Battles of Hannibal (yeah, I know he was in the 2nd, but some first war battles were included in the game)... would be nice in 3D, wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: Not the dative, sir! Romani ite domum! Romani ite domum! Romani ite... I would love to find the complete works of Polybios (in English) somewhere, incidentally, because he was about as close to an eyewitness account of the First Punic War as we have. I loved Great Battles of Hannibal (yeah, I know he was in the 2nd, but some first war battles were included in the game)... would be nice in 3D, wouldn't it?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Quite appropriately, PENGuin Classics does an edition of Polybius's "Rise of the Roman Empire"; I'm sure Loeb Classical Library does too, possibly in facing translation. Now write it up on the wall 500 times or I'll cut your balls off with a spear. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 arma virumque cano... is about all i remember from Virgil. except of course the line Springsteen stole... forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit (with some possible spelling errors) people called the romani, they go the ouse? big thanks to Mark IV and BillCarey for chiming in with the correct response. could almost squeeze a smile (not a smiley) out of this horrid febril pod thing. almost Peng [This message has been edited by MrPeng (edited 08-22-2000).] [This message has been edited by MrPeng (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Few things are as amusing as good old-fashioned go at the pig latin... or should that be hamster latin... Thank u gentlebeings, u have all made my day... or as Col. Klotz told me when I challenged him to a QB: FABRICATE DIEM, PVNK! - Derfel ------------------ The only problem for a cobra attacking small furry animals is that occasionally one of them will turn out to be a mongoose... [This message has been edited by Derfel (edited 08-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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