# Anyone know Latin well?  Need help with phrase.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-latin-well-need-help-with-phrase/776308>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-latin-well-need-help-with-phrase/776308 "2017-01-04T14:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-latin-well-need-help-with-phrase/776308/21 "2017-01-08T16:35:27Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> There are at least two posters who’ve taught Latin at the undergraduate level, but for some reason I’m blanking on their names.

Undergraduate. Pfff.

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**Author:** ![Cave-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Cave-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cave-In)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-latin-well-need-help-with-phrase/776308/22 "2017-01-10T05:07:00Z")

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“But the best idea is not to get this tattoo at all. Have this engraved on a bracelet and give it to your girlfriend. Or on a ring or pendant something. For one thing, on a piece of jewelry, she’ll always have it with her even when you’re not together.”  
Here’s a couple of alternatives to ThelmaLou’s great bracelet idea – you could have it sandblasted into a paperweight or garden stone, etched into a nice piece of oak planking, or as a set of commemorative glasses or coffee mugs… I used to do this, so that’s my prejudice. Or get it needlepointed as a sampler, like an old timey framable bit of wall art. They’ll all still serve as your “operating instructions”, but without the potentially risky invasive procedure. Plus there’s that aging factor to consider…

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-latin-well-need-help-with-phrase/776308/23 "2017-01-10T06:03:39Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> If you do get it tattoo-ed, make sure there’s a spelling mistake. That’s how all the \*best \*tattoos happen.

“Will _ever_ fail!?”

Wait, no, that was jewelry.

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