In an op-ed entitled "Are We Rome? Tu Betchus!" Maureen Dowd attempts to explain why the Republicans are losing this election-in Latin! It's funny, clever, and in near-perfect translation. Especially entertaining are the phrases that have no true equivalent in Latin, such as "lipstick on a pig" (lipsticka in porcam), "a little blow" (snifferendum cocaini minimi), and her inclusion of standard Latin phrases into English in a reversal of the Latin that we would include in our own rhetoric: "Oh bloody sight!" Be sure to read the comments of her readers. For more on Latin in present-day America, read last week's article in the NY Times "A Dead Language That's Very Much Alive."
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Maureen Dowd Shares Her Opinions in Latin
In an op-ed entitled "Are We Rome? Tu Betchus!" Maureen Dowd attempts to explain why the Republicans are losing this election-in Latin! It's funny, clever, and in near-perfect translation. Especially entertaining are the phrases that have no true equivalent in Latin, such as "lipstick on a pig" (lipsticka in porcam), "a little blow" (snifferendum cocaini minimi), and her inclusion of standard Latin phrases into English in a reversal of the Latin that we would include in our own rhetoric: "Oh bloody sight!" Be sure to read the comments of her readers. For more on Latin in present-day America, read last week's article in the NY Times "A Dead Language That's Very Much Alive."
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