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Our Moto
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:31 pm
by Teaos
Choose the USS Daystroms moto. Winner will be the official moto of our ship.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:57 pm
by Tiberius
What do the Latin ones mean?
And I don't mean pig....
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:06 pm
by Mikey
"Dulce et decorum es pro patria mori" is a quote from Virgil's Aeneid, and translates loosely as, "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country."
"Illegitimi non carborundum" is a quote from Seafort, and means, "The bastards aren't [made] of carbon."
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:09 pm
by Teaos
Huh google says it means
Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism jokingly taken to mean "don't let the bastards grind you down".
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:20 pm
by Deepcrush
what is "ite-bay e-may, itches-bay"
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:24 pm
by Teaos
Its pig latin. You take the first letter and put it at the end of the word and add ay to it.
ite-bay e-may, itches-bay
=
Bite me, bitches
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:25 pm
by Deepcrush
Nice, I voted for that one!
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:26 pm
by Captain Seafort
Teaos is right, Illegitimi non carborundum = "Don't let the bastards grind you down"
Mikey, wher did you get that other "translation" from.
As for bad latin, how about "Romanes eunt domes"?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:44 pm
by Mikey
Sorry to abuse your words, Seafort. My last education in Latin occurred approx.18 years ago.
I should have known that, too - that's the motto on the blazon on the cover of the Toasters' album D.L.T.B.G.Y.D.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:46 pm
by Mikey
Wait a minute - "carborundum" is inflected like a a second-declension genitive noun... I think your translation is taking some liberties with Latin syntax.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:56 pm
by Captain Seafort
Mikey wrote:Wait a minute - "carborundum" is inflected like a a second-declension genitive noun... I think your translation is taking some liberties with Latin syntax.
It's fake-latin, sounds good but if you try and translate it all you'll get is nonsense -
Wiki has a decent article.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:36 pm
by Mikey
So I still remembered my declensions! That's kind of funny - I have already posted in the alpha mission thread the background factoid for my character that his last post was on the USS Stilwell. Quite a co-inky-dink...
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:20 am
by Blackstar the Chakat
Is it to late to suggest "Never give up' never surrender"? I think it would work better then the latin thing. Why do people still use latin? Isn't it a dead language?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:07 am
by Teaos
It makes us sound smart.
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:31 am
by Mikey
Plus, it has a very nostalgic, erudite feeling.