Where's Gibbo?

[sebrof]

Yes, indeed. And the correct plural of "medium" is "a whole bunch of ****ing charlatans".

 

 

You mean charlatani. It's from Italian.

[Nine of Hearts]

You mean charlatani. It's from Italian.

 

"Barman, I'd like a martina."

"Don't you mean martini, sir?"

"No, thanks, I only want the one."

[carlt]

Indeed not. It merely represents a greater knowledge of the language that that posessed by many who seek to form ridiculous Latinesque plurals that have no linguistic basis.

 

And my Latin O-Level isn't circa 1982. In the summer of 1982, I was only in the Lower fourth, and O-levels were a distant threat!

My Latin O-level was acquired in 1982.

 

Presumably you will claim yours gives you higher authority because it's more fresh.

[mayalld]

My Latin O-level was acquired in 1982.

 

Presumably you will claim yours gives you higher authority because it's more fresh.

 

 

Absolutely.

[Ron T]

Wouldn't you lot be better off learning Urdu and it's dialects or Romanian or the like? hic hac hoc,scuse me I've been drinking[Fursty Ferret,$8.00 a bottle but very nice] but you know I'm right,anyway "absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat".

[mayalld]

Unless the lower fourth you're referring to was in primary school, I'd say that you still did your Latin O level "around or about" 1982. "Around or about" is what circa means, Dave. I'd have thought, being possessed of a Latin O level, you would have known that.

 

 

I sat my Latin O-level in the summer of 1985.

 

I gained my classical education at an establisment that retained the use of traditional numbering for the year groups

 

Lower 4th is what would nowadays be known as Year 8

[bizzard]

Wouldn't you lot be better off learning Urdu and it's dialects or Romanian or the like? hic hac hoc,scuse me I've been drinking[Fursty Ferret,$8.00 a bottle but very nice] but you know I'm right,anyway "absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat".

Staken and not slurred pliz.

[Ron T]

O.K Bizzard I'll try not to sprill it.Left a couple in the freezer in my shed so had better go and check them.Worth a trip over for some real ale and more of this stuff and some Bishops finger.Better scarper off before I'm screamed at for bad spelling,manners or off the topic.

[Nine of Hearts]

And my Latin O-Level isn't circa 1982.

 

From the Oxford dictionary;

 

Circa

Pronunciation:/ˈsəːkə/

 

preposition

(often preceding a date) approximately:

the church was built circa 1860

 

Origin:

mid 19th century: Latin

 

I sat my Latin O-level in the summer of 1985.

 

Did you pass it?

Edited November 1, 2011 by Nine of Hearts

[carlt]

From the Oxford dictionary;

 

Circa

Pronunciation:/ˈsəːkə/

 

Is that the plural of "circus"?

[sebrof]

Absolutely.

 

Mine was 1963, nearer to when Latin was a living language.

[mayalld]

Mine was 1963, nearer to when Latin was a living language.

 

That would be the same year that my Dad didn't sit his Latin O-level.

[David Schweizer]

I am beginning to regret ever starting this thread.

Edited November 1, 2011 by David Schweizer

[soldthehouse]

I am beginning to regret ever starting this thread.

Its rather like the Whitfield thread having gone from a boat for sale to the pro,s and cons of character building, but then dont all the best threads and conversations?

[the grinch]

From the Oxford dictionary;

 

Origin:

mid 19th century: Latin

 

does that mean anything pre 1800 can't be circa as it hadn't been invented?

[soldthehouse]

does that mean anything pre 1800 can't be circa as it hadn't been invented?

No, it would exist but under a different guise

[sebrof]

That would be the same year that my Dad didn't sit his Latin O-level.

 

You mean he did sit it in every other year?

 

Shows persistence, but if he had worked harder, he might only have had to take it once.

[WotEver]

My Latin O-level was acquired in 1982.

Good grief, I was with my second wife a year before that...

[Chris-B]

Has anybody seen my Armadillo ?

[WotEver]

Has anybody seen my Armadillo ?

Does he live in Texas?

[madcat]

maybe Gibbo has been scared off by the armadillos

[Nine of Hearts]

Is that the plural of "circus"?

 

Hmmm, interesting. I'd have thought it more likely to be a plural of "circum", generally used in English to denote a single lap, such as "circumnavigate" or "circumcise" (ouch!). "Circa" in that sense would mean going round again and again. So very appropriate for this thread, methinks.

[Ron T]

My Latin O-level was acquired in 1982.

 

Presumably you will claim yours gives you higher authority because it's more fresh.

More fresh ? Bet you didn't get any prizes for English.Fresher.Recens.[sigh]

[carlt]

More fresh ? Bet you didn't get any prizes for English.Fresher.Recens.[sigh]

Not one.

 

Then again, as your sentence (or sentences, it's hard to tell) makes no grammatical sense whatsoever, I guess you didn't, either.(sigh)

Edited November 2, 2011 by carlt

[koukouvagia]

Wouldn't you lot be better off learning Urdu and it's dialects or Romanian or the like? hic hac hoc

 

I think you mean hic haec hoc.