Slightly odd request - can any of you swear in latin?

[headinclouds]

Slightly odd request, this, but I've been asked to try and find out what 'Don't f*ck with the Greigs' would be in Latin. And also to design a coat of arms to go with it. Can anyone help me with that?

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[steel_bonnet]

Yes- but I'll have to think on it for a bit.

Do you want real latin, that'll take a bit longer? Or cod latin-looks like latin but isn't really, much like the mottos you get in Pratchett books.

Futue te (et caballum tuum) is "fuck you (and your horse)" if you want to be getting on while I think/consult.

[headinclouds]

Real latin would be better, but cod latin would do, if teh real thing is oo much of a hassle. Thank you!

On an unrelated note, are you still planning on moving back to Edinburgh?

[steel_bonnet]

Working on it- have some of the finest minds digesting the problem a we speak.

As to Reekie- currently running at an 85% "yes" at the moment- if it goes to 100% then it'll be mid-october.

[steel_bonnet]

Ne Greigas fututum

Tis the best I and mates can come up with. Literally- "Don't give fuck to the Greigs".

You may now rain sweatmeats and tributes upon me in thanks ;-)

[alasdair]

Would "Nemo Greigs impune lacessit" do? Lit: No-one provokes the Greigs with impunity. Better translated as "No-one attacks the Greigs and gets away with it".

(I may have the verb ending wrong - my schoolboy Latin is very rusty, and I'm not sure if it needs to be plural or not - I'm just adapting the royal motto of Scotland...)

[headinclouds]

Possibly. I'll suggest and see what response I get. Thanks. :)

[wee0ne]

Very close to the Stuart motto "Nemo me impune lacessit"