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    Quote Originally Posted by thescot View Post
    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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    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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Yeti View Post
    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.

    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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