Sunday, April 24, 2005

Handy Latin Phrases

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound

Canis meus id comedit
My dog ate it

Cogito ergo sum
I think, therefore I am

Cogito ergo doleo
I think, therefore I am depressed

Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.
Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.

Dic mihi solum facta, domina
Just the facts, ma'am

Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse
You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

Me transmitte sursum, caledoni
Beam me up, Scotty

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