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Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Strix - May 20, 2007 9:12:02 am PDT #8358 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Is anyone around who could translate a phrase into Latin for me?

It's been awhile, but yeah. Lemme have it. I got 5 years of Latin percolating somewhere amongst the dead brain cells.


Pix - May 20, 2007 9:13:55 am PDT #8359 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Note I'm not saying never, I'm saying find out if it will actually do any good before mandating compulsory vaccination.

I agree with Matt on this point completely. Actually, the only argument against making the HPV vaccine mandatory that really resonates with me is those who want more research and testing first. Absolutely the FDA needs to be very certain about the efficacy and safety of the vaccine before anyone takes it.


Zenkitty - May 20, 2007 9:19:54 am PDT #8360 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Erin, thanks! It's

Knowing the truth through the lumps of your head

A friend of mine (ok, my ex) is building a phrenology website. It's one of his weird hobbies.


Strix - May 20, 2007 10:13:40 am PDT #8361 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Ok, I think lumps/bumps could be "tuberis" -- swellings.

So, (And anyone feel free to correct me, cause my Latin gramma is way rusty):

Intelligendo verum per tuberis in vestri caput.

Understanding truth through the swellings on your head.


DebetEsse - May 20, 2007 10:42:43 am PDT #8362 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Is tuberis the plural? My dictionary's at school, but that looks like the singular. And I'd switch to genitive for "your head", given Zenkitty's construction.

I, however, have no recollection whatsoever of how one constructs gerunds and the like, apart from the infinitive. It looks like you've got the first/singluar/present, yes? Or is it one of the forms I don't recall?


Pix - May 20, 2007 10:44:55 am PDT #8363 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I can ask the Latin teachers at school tomorrow.


Strix - May 20, 2007 10:52:50 am PDT #8364 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

tuber, -eris. Neuter.

I think it takes the genitive, and duh -- genitive plural, 3rd declension is "tuberum." PLURAL threw me.

Do you think the gerund should take the accusitive? The ablative, -ndo, goes to "by understanding".....hmm, maybe the accusitive is better.

So, "Intelligendum verum per tuberum in vestri caputum."

That's a lot of -um's.


Vortex - May 20, 2007 10:55:55 am PDT #8365 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

From way back:

How do you secretly file for divorce? Unfortunately, I do believe that such documents have to be public, no matter who is filing.

Not necessarily. The documents can be filed under seal, which means that only certain people can see them. It's done for grand jury investigations, for example. Also, in some high profile cases. For example, when a judge in my courthouse got divorced, his file was under seal (there was MAD scandal, cause he left his wife for his law clerk. Plus, the wife apparently had been having a long time affair with a police officer. And, the law clerk had been involved with another court person, who got mad when she left him for the judge and threw a brick through the judge's car window. ALL TRUE)


Topic!Cindy - May 20, 2007 10:56:55 am PDT #8366 of 10001
What is even happening?

(* What do we call people with a sickness?? My brain isn't working. "Victim" is definitely the wrong word.)

Patients?

Even if it is just through sexual contact how many parents can 100% guarantee that their kids aren't going to have sex? Many would like to believe that they can guarantee that, but the reality is, they really don't have that level of control.

Right, which is why I will vaccinate my daughter (and sons if safe and appropriate), but since my kids won't be spreading it in school, I don't think the state's need is pressing enough to make it a school entrance requirement.


DebetEsse - May 20, 2007 10:58:59 am PDT #8367 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

My first instinct would be to give it the accusative, yeah.

Seriously. Pig Latin should be "um", not "ay"