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Originally Posted by Toby
Nor does it convey the message to those that do not know any Latin.
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True, but then neither does your version. When I started this thread, I was just being funny. But when I realised you were taking it more seriously I did a couple of Google searches to check that I was correct (fortunately I was, because that was kind of "closing the stable door after the horse had bolted"). Apparently the word "carborundum" was used because of the chemical formula of a mineral used in the manufacture of grinding instruments. So to understand "Illegitimi non carborundum" you need to have studied both chemistry and engineering, and whereas I have no doubt that individually those are both more commonly studied than Latin, I would guess that people who have majored in both chemistry and engineering are rarer than hen's teeth. In other words, both our versions are unlikely to be understood by the man on the Clapham omnibus.
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Originally Posted by Toby
lighten the fuck up
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As I just said, when I started this thread I was just being funny. And when I posted the reply that you are complaining about I was actually replying (and correcting) BlueBrit's post that we both agree was incorrect. So perhaps you should take your own advice.
