Bad comic Latin
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bad Latin
This came through on one of the listservs:
This is some of the worst bad Latin we've seen.
"My infancy ... because ... my traveling money ... I seek ... O Romus! ... ???"
Try something like this:
ACADEMIAE ROMANAE ADSVNT MEI PVER PECVNIAQVE
UPDATE: I've touched a nerve. Something calling itself "Psy" had this to say:
um...who the hell cares...it's a comic...you know...HUMOR? Latin is called a dead language for a reason. Cause no one gives a ****.You can guess what I've censored, and why I rejected the comment.
Psy, I like my humor to be humorous and literate when appropriate. Take a look at Monty Python's Life of Brian for a good example of Latin humor.
But this careless mess could just as well have been done with a conquistador on horseback with this nonsense slogan stitched to his pack: "mi infancia porque gastos de viajes pedo Spain universidaded." Oh, ho, ho! What merry fun we have!