OMGWTFSPQR.

[lauzeta]

I shouldn't do this kind of thing when I'm this tired (actually, I shouldn't do this kind of thing at all, this is why I never have any time, idiot that I am), but what the hell. I shall just warn you all that this is probably grossly wrong because it's late, and I haven't checked it at all, and I really don't have the grammatical, classical,

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[lalaithlockhart]

AGHHHHH! EEEEE! *huge hug and thunderous applause* YOU are AMAZING. SO cool.
o, non roga 'quid est?'
eamus et nostram salutationem faciamus.
*happiness*

[lauzeta]

:D Thanks. I was translating Ovid into English blank verse, so it was a short step from there to this.

How do you do negative imperatives? Is that it? I blanked and still cannot remember. I need a proper grammar.

[lauzeta]

Wait, it should be "noli roga 'quid est?'", shouldn't it? *changes this*

[lalaithlockhart]

Come to think of it... it would be noli rogare, right?

[imaginaryfriend]

*cries over how much of his latin he's lost over the years*

[lauzeta]

It's easy to lose. I can pretty much guarantee you there are at least five mistakes I shouldn't have made in that verse paragraph, but hey. It's a start. (This may also explain any problems you have understanding it. :D)

[bang_hiss_meow]

I think T.S. Eliot would have been thrilled.

[lauzeta]

I think that would depend on how badly I've mangled the Latin. However, that sentiment is much appreciated. :D

[bang_hiss_meow]

I wonder if he spoke Latin. I'm guessing he probably did. I've come across passages in his work where he suddenly inserts a word of Greek and I have no idea what it means or even how to pronounce it.

[lauzeta]

Ah, Eliot. Such an enormous geek, and we love him for it.

I'm pretty sure he did speak Latin, given his education and when he was alive. Not positive though.

[musakura]

YAY!

[lauzeta]

:D.