# Tombstone - What are they saying? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082 "2002-11-27T10:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/1 "2002-11-27T10:36:10Z")
You know in the scene where Val Kilmer and the guy are trading Latin phrases back and forth? WHat are they saying? Not a earth shaking question, but it was on tonight, and always wondered about it… D. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/2 "2002-11-27T11:01:14Z")
In vino veritas (From wine, truth - “Wine loosens the tongue” Aje Quod Ajis (Do what you are doing - “Get back to business” Credat judaea Apella, non ego (Let the jew, Apella, believe it, not I - “Don’t buy your own BS, I don’t.” Iuventus stultorum magister (Youth is the teacher of fools ) In pace requiescat (Rest in Peace) -Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo, Tombstone Now, in context: Doc says, “I’m drunk, I’m talking too much.” In agreement with Wyatt. Johnny Ringo says, “No, keep talking to me.” Now that Doc is offended at Johnny’s admonition, he counters with “Who do you think you’re talkin’ to boy, tell it to someone who’ll buy, I ain’t.” Johnny now tells Doc that he’s a fool and since Johnny’s young and impetuous, he’s going to prove that to Doc. Which Doc replies with the single-most effective threat in the movie, “Prepare to die.” ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/3 "2002-11-27T11:55:44Z")
Wow, thanks, guys. All I had ever known was the first and the last–never knew the middle part. I really like that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/4 "2002-11-27T14:51:09Z")
That is really one topless scene from being the perfect guy’s movie. Gunfights, cowboys, poker, tense standoffs, minimal token female plotlines, and catchphrases that people can still reference. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/5 "2002-11-27T15:35:27Z")
I hesitate to admit this, but the only thing I recall from having seen that movie was finding out that Wyatt Earp had a sister-in-law named Allie. I fixated on that, and more or less spaced out on the rest of the film. I just kept thinking: Allie Earp! So did everyone survive the gunfight OK…? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/6 "2002-11-27T20:29:11Z")
Damn there’s some smart people that read Straight Dope… heheh…thanks Arden Ranger! D. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-what-are-they-saying/139082/7 "2002-11-27T20:44:51Z")
Then what does “I’m your huckleberry” mean. I know Doc is using it to mean “C’mon and try it”, but what’s up with “huckleberry”?