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  1. 9th Jun 2007, 11:12 AM #1
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    Default Something Weird - Latin?!

    Can anyone explain THIS:

    http://gallifreyguardian.co.uk/classic_comics/1/

    Am I write in thinking that the description of this issue is ENTIRELY IN LATIN?!
    Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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  2. 9th Jun 2007, 1:53 PM #2
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    I don't know what the real term for it is, but I consider it placeholder material. All the other pages for the Classic Comics at that site have the exact same stuff. I guess they haven't gotten around to writing real descriptions, yet.
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  3. 9th Jun 2007, 1:55 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob McCow View Post
    Can anyone explain THIS:

    http://gallifreyguardian.co.uk/classic_comics/1/

    Am I write in thinking that the description of this issue is ENTIRELY IN LATIN?!
    Beats me - I was too stoopid at school to cover Latin with the posh kids.

    Makes me think the editors of this magazine are all public school types ...
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  4. 9th Jun 2007, 2:01 PM #4
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    Perhaps it's actually a description for 'Doctor Who Classical Comics', featuring reprints of Dr.Who's exciting strip adventures with John and Gillian as they explore the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides?
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  5. 9th Jun 2007, 3:44 PM #5
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    It's more accurate Latin than this is:

    Caesar et sum jam forte.
    Caesar et erat.
    Caesar sic in omnibus.
    Caesar sic in at.

    (See who gets it!)
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  6. 9th Jun 2007, 4:33 PM #6
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    That would look to be Latin in the same style as Harry Field's in Inspector Morse. Ventosa Vere Restabit, and all that.
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  7. 9th Jun 2007, 5:56 PM #7
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    Lorem ipsum is standard publisher / webmaster filler text - there are websites which can produce it by the yard.
    Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?

    If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...

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  8. 10th Jun 2007, 2:17 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lissa View Post
    Lorem ipsum is standard publisher / webmaster filler text - there are websites which can produce it by the yard.
    The crazy thing is, there is a set, 'canonical' version of it!
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  9. 11th Jun 2007, 2:00 PM #9
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    I've got a latin GCSE but can't remember any of it.
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  10. 11th Jun 2007, 2:08 PM #10
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    I've got a latin beat in me, it blows my mind and sets me free...
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  11. 11th Jun 2007, 2:09 PM #11
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    I can dance a bit of Latin if that helps?
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