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Post #AwE8x6DqN0D4X9y2C0 by [email protected] |
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Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?�… |
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Post #AwE8x6KZxxb6s37Pgu by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I wonder how Homer said that in Greek, and what liberties the trans… |
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Post #AwE9Si8dRudp6abYBs by [email protected] |
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@adamrice Well that particular wording is my own translation. I can walk you th… |
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Post #AwE9SiEf5VShPHQMaG by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I actually am. I’m a translator (though not of Greek, or of liter… |
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Post #AwEA9mR3LfqCstkxaS by [email protected] |
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@adamrice my pleasure (see other comment!) |
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Post #AwEA9mX4zGf5BaZlyq by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Thanks! |
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Post #AwEAmQPTAmEfrpRWlc by [email protected] |
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@dakkar my degree is in Classics! That’s how I came across the line, and that… |
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Post #AwEApJ09ApL3l7yKeG by [email protected] |
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@dakkar My wording is actually my own translation ;)I like mine, obviously.Loeb… |
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Post #AwEApVDLlZ1vdYF2tU by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Brilliant |
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Post #AwEAqSD2QMpybfY86C by [email protected] |
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@adamrice Most of it is very straightforward: Atreide, poion se epos psugen her… |
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Post #AwEGWbIFXWnCiIu4u0 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I'd bet the common Greeks from the time of Homer used much less… |
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Post #AwEGfv2HVVSOY9sUG8 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente @adamrice thank you, I was also wondering. Lovely, idiomatic transl… |
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Post #AwEGl5uwTdJpkLuesy by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I really love this. I toggle between a world of academic linguistic… |
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Post #AwEJF0gMhmwU6dUGZ6 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Updated for the modern age What nonsense has leaked out of the tips… |
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Post #AwEJJeNX3d0CNctIC8 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente An engineer friend once gave me the perfect explanation for the stu… |
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Post #AwEJKnllczZhnLm9KK by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I haven't read it (so I don't know which translation) but m… |
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Post #AwEJPde0hTcnqASBt2 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente 😂 LOVE your translation… if I’d been drinking anything, I’… |
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Post #AwEMPuADa50WwAKyLw by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente What have mine ears been witness to, pouring forth from thine foul … |
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Post #AwEOc5XBKd3jaL11pQ by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Or the Book of Job, “Truly you are the people, and all wisdom wil… |
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Post #AwETkI1RHjIKP4tkvI by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Thank God for scribes, copyists and translators who keep such wonde… |
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Post #AwETmFIeNTxSXUsi36 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Do you have the original quote for me, please? |
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Post #AwETsYVbs7eLqux528 by [email protected] |
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@lapis That whole “your words are wind” thing from Game of Thrones is actua… |
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Post #AwETsYchRlJyCuGk5I by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente oh! Neat |
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Post #AwEWsBhEzIOqxnuNVo by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente My fave is : "Keep a civil tongue in your empty head." |
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Post #AwFgL1gKOWjV2yGdfs by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente I like that a lot - I think i might be tempted to use it in the fut… |
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Post #AwSAUQ2wVNgfjzl8nA by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente @adamrice so what I'm getting out of this is that Frank Herbert… |
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Post #AwSAjAgZtkTURbKhSy by [email protected] |
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@g7s @Catvalente I reckon that would be this quote:> ποῖόν σε ἔπ�… |
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Post #AwSAjAnfTO96naeMW8 by [email protected] |
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@schoudaan @g7s That’s the one! |
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Post #AwSAmCgOvg2VVUhDI8 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente @adamrice Oh as a farm kid, I absolutely love this image! What babb… |
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Post #AwSAmCnUVJi7rU0sLI by [email protected] |
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@NilaJones @adamrice Oh I love that version too! And I love this about translat… |
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Post #AwSAyREIfdXu68NzMm by [email protected] |
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@Shunra @Catvalente @adamrice Thank you all for this conversation on a translat… |
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Post #AwSB0EyZCVVcflt0OO by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente "Hi, I'm Homer McClure. You may remember me from such phr… |
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Post #AwSB0F60kpSp2rMwzo by [email protected] |
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@mrmoniker @Catvalente reading translations i guess? Because if so i'm tota… |
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Post #AwSBBMkEem1zx8UIqm by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente my favorite is mr bennett in pride and prejudice: "I have not … |
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Post #AwSBBMrKEPhcJ7nxtw by [email protected] |
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@crumbleneedy @Catvalente I'm a fan of Charles Babbage's> On two occ… |
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Post #AwSBBMwztKEuaiSUk4 by [email protected] |
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@aspragg @crumbleneedy Wow. So actually relevant to the whole culture of “My … |
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Post #AwSBH0nXAQdLciisaG by [email protected] |
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@dakkar @Catvalente one more reason to read the Iliad! Ironically, I was waitin… |
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Post #AwSBH0uyikaXzoCpBg by [email protected] |
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@dakkar @Catvalente bookmarking this thread for future reference |
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Post #AwSBIRQvcgQwWNpaCm by [email protected] |
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@schoudaan @g7s @Catvalente I love that the Fediverse lets me listen in on conv… |
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Post #AwSBM0qQQB8vDSSZ84 by [email protected] |
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@schoudaan @Catvalente ευχαριστώ φίλε μου |
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Post #AwSBRxHQaROxtlvKJE by [email protected] |
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I do remember reading that in high school. After reading the first sentence I t… |
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Post #AwSBZ01amTOORCsLnU by [email protected] |
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@WizardOfDocs @adamrice You have no idea, honestly. Dune is packed with Easter … |
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Post #AwSCEwXk7Bz5npujse by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente For some reason the phrase from the Iliad that comes to my mind mos… |
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Post #AwSCFdezo6KtWmddei by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente (Oh squee, the great Cat Valente liked my sentence!) I picture a la… |
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Post #AwSCKt7Flp34uXMIK0 by [email protected] |
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@mrmoniker @Catvalente While you're at it, you might want to follow @Minimu… |
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Post #AwSCNA8XSUrAHM2oOu by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] It really depends on how much effort a wtf-esque sta… |
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Post #AwSCTpRGoMEm72z6R6 by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Along the same lines:Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. |
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Post #AwSCUA1SHX47x44Hc8 by [email protected] |
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@HighlandLawyer @mrmoniker @Catvalente thank you! 🐭 |
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Post #AwSCY7BskhysKLpZNg by [email protected] |
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@Catvalente Ooo...good one! I never finished Homer's Iliad--so that line mu… |
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@Catvalente 10/10, has very "oh good fucking gods, what have they managed … |
