intro and a question for a tattoo

Aug 24, 2007 20:54

edited so hopefully I don't get any more comments that make me feel like a fool.

to save space:
My name and what not.. )

latin, tattoos

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anonymous August 25 2007, 03:43:21 UTC
read this

If you still want the tattoo, muckfuck's translation will do. You might do better to do some famous Latin quote on the subject though, such as:

Fuit Ilium "There once was Troy" (i.e. even great empires fall)
Memento mori "Remember you are mortal" (well, literally "remember to die")
Ultima forsitan "Perhaps this is the last"
Πάντα ῥεῖ "Everything is in flux" (..."and nothing stands still." And yes, um, that's not Latin ;) )

There's probably some choice quote even closer, but nothing leaps to mind at the moment.

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jdm314 August 25 2007, 03:44:01 UTC
Oops, sorry, that was me. I somehow accidentally posted anonymously, therby screwing up all the links.

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muckefuck August 25 2007, 03:48:36 UTC
Delete and repost! (Or, in Latin, "Deleta ut repostias"--hey! That's the phrase we've been looking for!)

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jdm314 August 25 2007, 03:52:33 UTC
Rather Dele ut reponas or better yet dele ut denuo proscribas. But the reason I didn't just do that is that I'm not a member of this comunity, let alone an op, so I can't delete the anonymous post.

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muckefuck August 25 2007, 03:56:35 UTC
Well, if you want to be all correct about it 'n' stuff. But, dude, it's just a tattoo.

so I can't delete the anonymous post.

D'OH! I knew that!

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jdm314 August 25 2007, 04:03:18 UTC
Well, I suppose we could argue that *deletare is the frequentative form of delere ;)

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anonymous August 25 2007, 03:50:58 UTC
I like some of those! Thank you for your suggestions, I will definitely consider some of them!
I'm so happy that no one has been mean to me yet, is that silly? I opened my inbox to all these replies and figured half of them would be "you are some kind of dumb-ass." or something worse, but everyone's been really helpful on here!

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jdm314 August 25 2007, 03:56:43 UTC
Posting anonymously to show solidarity? Thanks!

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iki_teru August 25 2007, 04:00:58 UTC
Oops. I just realized I wasn't logged in and I've responded to like.. three comments? I'm such a spazz! But um.. sure. yea, it was totally on purpose!

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jdm314 August 25 2007, 04:04:29 UTC
Now you know how I feel!

Heh, the phrase in my icon, rem acu tetigisti is a Roman idiom equivalent to "you've hit the nail on the head." The literal translation, though, is "You've touched the thing with a needle." It just occured to me what an appropriate tattoo that would make ;)

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