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Originally Posted by bluebrit
I heard that line of text long ago and never had a reason to doubt it but I stand corrected. Pity really, 'Noli nothi permittere te terere' doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily.
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Quite some years ago there was a craze in the more "upper class" English universities for making up quotes in fake Latin and Classic Greek. They sounded good but were actually bullshit. My favourite was "Ventosa Verie Vestabit" (say it slowly and "Ventosa / Verie / Vestabit" ~= "When toes are / weary / rest a bit"). I am guessing that "Illegitimi non carborundum" was coined as one of these faux Latin sayings.