Author Topic: A question for someone who knows latin (Read 3577 times)

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #30 on:** July 06, 2013, 06:41:38 PM »

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Some adolescent smarty pants won an award last year for
this one. He took Descartes' Cogito ergo sum and, according
to the rules, replaced one letter with a different one in this
Latin sentence, rendering a new sentence with an entirely different
meaning; in this case it's translated, "I think I am a waffle."

And the winner was: Cogito eggo sum.

Rosarium · « **Reply #31 on:** July 07, 2013, 04:00:12 AM »

Quote from: Neil Obstat

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Some adolescent smarty pants won an award last year for
this one. He took Descartes' Cogito ergo sum and, according
to the rules, replaced one letter with a different one in this
Latin sentence, rendering a new sentence with an entirely different
meaning; in this case it's translated, "I think I am a waffle."

And the winner was: Cogito eggo sum.

Last year? I heard that years ago.

Along with "Carp diem"..."Seize the fish".

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2013, 09:55:48 AM »

Quote from: Rosarium

Last year? I heard that years ago.

Along with "Carp diem"..."Seize the fish".

"Carpe diem" means "Ten fish" not 'seize the fish'

Rosarium · « **Reply #33 on:** July 07, 2013, 11:29:15 AM »

I was giving the version I read years ago along with "Cogito eggo sum".