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10th October 2004, 07:37 PM #1Registered
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Hi all
I need one of you nerds to translate into Latin this phrase for me.
"Attitude determines price."
Im going to put this into a coat of arms I am going to design for the shop.
Cheeers, Al
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10th October 2004, 07:39 PM #2
"caveat emptor"
seems appropriate - it means "let the buyer beware"
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10th October 2004, 07:46 PM #3Registered
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Nah, I dont want that caveat emptor thing, I already know that one.
We get all these ppl with bad attitudes, so of course the price goes up for them.
The ppl with good attitudes get the price reduced.
Al
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10th October 2004, 09:45 PM #4
Now you've made me find a heap of cool latin dictionaries out there!!
Check 'em out!!
http://www.lexicool.com/dlink.asp?ID...09&L2=37&CA=01
http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?price
My try would be:
Pretium duco persona
(price is calculated by personality), but of course not being a student of the language, the verb in the middle is actually a noun I think.
Have fun:
Laetifico,
Morsus Evolo
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10th October 2004, 09:54 PM #5Registered
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Habitus finitor indico................
Thanks Midge.
Al
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10th October 2004, 09:59 PM #6
Or you could go the pig latin route
" ickday eadshay etgay ippedray offway "
(which I like a lot better!)
eerschay,
Pway.
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10th October 2004, 10:22 PM #7Registered
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Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Al
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10th October 2004, 10:48 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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To translate 'Pig Latin' - remove "-ay' and move last remaining letter to front of word.
See 'Latinus Porcinus' by Supurious Brontosausus
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11th October 2004, 12:02 AM #9
In Italian
L'atteggiamento determina il prezzo
many people in Melbourne would understand this;
Η τοποθέτηση καθορίζει την τιμή
Latin is roughly; depending on tense (abstract)
sensus arbitrium caritas - or could start with habitus instead sensus
Thats a translation of the words but this could be meaningless to a Roman . There may be a compendium (phrase) which means the same thing. I'm no expert but that will translate back OK for the individual words.
This may help
http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?Al
CheersSquizzy
"It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" {screamed by maths teacher in Year 8}
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11th October 2004, 03:19 AM #10Originally Posted by bitingmidge
:P
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11th October 2004, 07:31 AM #11Originally Posted by gemi_babe
Oh, no.... you are tranlating in the "common" form. In my "high" version of pig latin, no words begin with a vowel..... so always add a "w" to the beginning of the word, before taking it to the end!!
(It takes years at university to understand all the nuances of language!!)
Actually I lied about the university. My siblings and I learnt off the back of a packet of Froot Loops he was given for his birthday (it was the in the 60's and sugar coated cereal was a very special treat!!). The Froot Loops logo was Toucan (bird) and the "language" was called "Toucan Talk".
There is a moral out of all this: Never place your education in the hands of a company that can't spell "Fruit", you could end up like me!!.
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Last edited by bitingmidge; 11th October 2004 at 08:51 AM.
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11th October 2004, 08:59 AM #12
Ever considered putting it in Australian
"Jerks pay more"prove how bored u really are, ..... visit....... http://burlsburlsburls.freespaces.com/ my humble website
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11th October 2004, 10:07 AM #13Originally Posted by Rowan
That's the saddest piece of the devaluation/corruption of the Australian Language I've seen in a while! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Would be ok in an American Store, but not in one of our shops!
But your point is taken!
Cheers,
P
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11th October 2004, 11:03 AM #14
Yup should be "Wankers Pay More"
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11th October 2004, 07:42 PM #15
G'day.
I just tell them "Keep talking, the meter's running."Cliff.
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