salad
touch
lisp
filling
:eek: Furcifer! Tu es stultior quam asinus, irrumator. :wally
Actually, the best part about Latin class is knowing how to say “Soylient Green is people! It’s PEOPLE!” in Latin.
How about Dilbert?
Pajamas
taboo
Hows about fuck? shit? bitch?
what canI say… i’m 15! I’m ever curious…
Sauna.
If you wanna get into it, modern English comes from Old English/Anglo Saxon (which has basically the Latin alphabet with the ash, thorn, and eth and evolved alongside the rest of the Western Germanic languages, from Old Norse) and, thanks to William the Conqueror, Middle French (which comes from Latin, which comes from Greek, which comes from, um, Phaecian, I guess).
Anyway, since Latin basically came from Greek–Ancient Greece was known as the birthplace of Western culture and is where the Romans borrowed things like language and architecture, whereas the Romans were known better for building empires and democracy and whatnot–most English words can be traced back to Greek.
Schmuck?
Chop suey?
Curry?
Dramliza?
Smidgen?
Googol?
Thermos?
Cellophane?
yacht
pal
sandusky
fart
felch
yogurt
whoosh;)
okay then, what about canoe?
zombie
wigwam
Luthien
camel
chutzpah
nothosonomia
osculation
epeolatry
the
ásatru
fjörd
I really hate to kill all the fun, but this thread cries out for a link to Edo Nyland.
But while we’re at it, how about “molasses”?
Spina
What about Bifida? BTW, I meant this one in the 1st place.
Dude, exclaiming “Furcifer!” in a group of Latin-literate people is somehow so damned funny. It’s weird, I tell ya.
I get “Scoundrel! You are more stupid than a donkey, ???”. What does irrumator mean? And is there a decent online Latin dictionary, or am I going to have to haul out my Cassell’s?
LC
Oh, and wouldn’t it be “quam asinum”?
LC