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Re: Latin phrases
Posted by Mark Bossi M.A. Bossi, Esquire from Toronto Ontario Canada on January 06, 1999 at 17:50:53:
In Reply to: The largest public forum in the world??? posted by Jay Regner on January 01, 1999 at 21:25:43:
1. I‘ve always been partial to "semper ubi sub ubi"
always where under where, or always wear underwear.
2. I‘m not too fussed by comments from somebody who is afraid of signing their real name to a post.
3. Okay, okay - here‘s a "real" latin phrase:
altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi
= still waters run deep
Literally, "the deepest rivers flow with the least sound", this Roman proverb suggests that we not sell short those who eschew self-promotion, at the same time cautioning us to watch out for people given to blowing their own horns.
Reminds me of a story you might have heard - a young, brash paratrooper was indignant that a WWII veteran was wearing jump wings with the white maple leaf signifying service with the now-defunct Airborne Regiment. After a few drinks, the youngster bragged about how many jumps he had made, and derisively asked the old-timer how many he had made. The veteran quietly said "Three: one training jump, Normandy, and the Rhine" whereupon, as the story goes, chagrined friends of the youngster made him sit down and shut up.
Dileas Gu Brath
that‘s Gaelic, not Latin, for Faithful Forever - approximates Semper Fi/Semper Fidelis in Latin, just in case any of my Marine Corps buddies are listening!
Posted by Mark Bossi M.A. Bossi, Esquire from Toronto Ontario Canada on January 06, 1999 at 17:50:53:
In Reply to: The largest public forum in the world??? posted by Jay Regner on January 01, 1999 at 21:25:43:
1. I‘ve always been partial to "semper ubi sub ubi"
always where under where, or always wear underwear.
2. I‘m not too fussed by comments from somebody who is afraid of signing their real name to a post.
3. Okay, okay - here‘s a "real" latin phrase:
altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi
= still waters run deep
Literally, "the deepest rivers flow with the least sound", this Roman proverb suggests that we not sell short those who eschew self-promotion, at the same time cautioning us to watch out for people given to blowing their own horns.
Reminds me of a story you might have heard - a young, brash paratrooper was indignant that a WWII veteran was wearing jump wings with the white maple leaf signifying service with the now-defunct Airborne Regiment. After a few drinks, the youngster bragged about how many jumps he had made, and derisively asked the old-timer how many he had made. The veteran quietly said "Three: one training jump, Normandy, and the Rhine" whereupon, as the story goes, chagrined friends of the youngster made him sit down and shut up.
Dileas Gu Brath
that‘s Gaelic, not Latin, for Faithful Forever - approximates Semper Fi/Semper Fidelis in Latin, just in case any of my Marine Corps buddies are listening!
