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[mbyron]

Verba movent, exempla trahunt.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Verba movent, exempla trahunt

Words move people, examples compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example.

It's hard enough translating mbyron English into plain English, now I have to deal with mbyron Latin?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Words move people, examples compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example.

It's hard enough translating mbyron English into plain English, now I have to deal with mbyron Latin?

I took two years of Latin in HS and two years in college. My most vivid memory was from the textbook we used my first year in which words were "made up" to simulate Latin just to get us interested. One story was about a boy and a girl who went on a "picus-nicus" and drank "cocam-colam". No, I'm not kidding.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I took two years of Latin in HS and two years in college.

Why did these schools allow you to take these courses for credit when Latin was the language that you, and your family, spoke at home. The Padgett family had a good thing going, until the Huns showed up. Sand-bagger.

[williebfree]

Just have to say, they are the greatest!

Keep'em coming!!!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Words move people, examples compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example.

It's hard enough translating mbyron English into plain English, now I have to deal with mbyron Latin?

A more idiomatic translation: "practice what you preach."

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

A more idiomatic translation: "practice what you preach."

Now why couldn't you say that in the first place? Instead, I have eleven and three-quarter more months on my $49.99 subscription to an online Latin translator, although it did come in handy when I was responding to eg-italy's Italian posts.