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25th October 07, 11:30 AM
#31
![Quote](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by thescot
De gustibus non est disputamdum I'd go with something Greek since the letters look cool. My Greek is really rusty, but here goes: Πολλές λόγοι ftώχeιa That should be "many words are poverty," of as the Spartans would have said, "Get to the point."
Just make one very small correction: it's "De gustibus non disputaNdum."
Thanks for that phrase in Greek, Scot. Very useful! A Greek coworker says that the full phrase is "ta polla logoi he phtokeia." (My sense, though, is that it's in a very modern Greek form.)
My question to you is how you got the Greek letters to show? I use the ASCII table, but have found only a few of them there.
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25th October 07, 11:38 AM
#32
Something like this is really hard to translate without knowing the register or mood you are trying to convey.
Nunquam mentior sed indomitus sum = I never lie but I am a barbarian.
Nunquam mentior atqui indomitus sum = I never lie and yet I am a barbarian.
Nunquam mentior quamquam indomitus sum = I never lie even though I am a barbarian.
ps. I prefer indomitus because of its modern connotation of indomitable rather than the barbarous connotation of barbarus.
A kilted Celt on the border.
Kentoc'h mervel eget bezań saotret
Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum ęgerrume desinere.
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26th October 07, 07:26 PM
#33
Why would you get that tattooed on you? Just wondering I have half sleves on both arms and the mandatory MK V on my calf so I have a lot of ink not up there with Bradley,but I have a good amount.
IMHO if you want to get something from a movie get the Boondock Saints prayer on you or something besides that you are a barbarian that dosen't lie, what makes you a truth telling barbarian? Again just wondering I allways wonder why people get what they get.
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27th October 07, 04:52 AM
#34
![Quote](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Yeti
I did not intend to offend or disrespect anybody.
Well, now, there's alway those who are offended by tattoos. Whatcha gonna do 'bout that, Sunny Jim?
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27th October 07, 06:23 AM
#35
![Quote](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Archangel
Well, now, there's alway those who are offended by tattoos. Whatcha gonna do 'bout that, Sunny Jim?
To those who are offended by tattoos, I would suggest not getting one. To those who are offended by other people having tattoos, I would suggest walking with your eyes closed.
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27th October 07, 02:22 PM
#36
![Quote](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Yeti
To those who are offended by tattoos, I would suggest not getting one. To those who are offended by other people having tattoos, I would suggest walking with your eyes closed. ![Very Happy](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
It's that Aesop's Fable thing: the old man, the young man and the donkey. You can't please everybody.
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