To the Europeans

Happy Times · 10-24-05, 10:38 AM

Was surfing and got this link from Wikipedia. http://hymnus-europae.at/ Go to the "audi hymnum" to listen. Ive allways liked the EU hymn but it just so different with lyrics. It makes you think. Anyone else? Plus i think Latin is a beautiful language, maybe we should have some common language teached to all?

August · 10-24-05, 11:19 AM

Yeah, English.

retired1212 · 10-24-05, 12:43 PM

liberate tutemet ex inferis

Hitman · 10-24-05, 02:39 PM

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liberate tutemet ex inferis

"Final horizon" movie fan?

retired1212 · 10-24-05, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitman

"Final horizon" movie fan?

Just a little correction. Event Horizon

werauchimmer · 10-26-05, 02:42 PM

1st: The correct phrase is "Liberate tute mae / tuteme ex inferis" - "Save me/yourselfes from hell" (Well, "the inferno", which probably is equal in terms of ambient heat and humiditiy - or lack of the latter. Early Latin had no place like "hell", at least not by that name. But for translations purposes "hell" will do just fine.). "tute" is yourself(pl.), "ex Inferis" is the ablative case of "inferi", meaning "from hell". The character "DJ" makes a wrong translation at first, iirc. "Save me from hell", because when pronounced "mae", it sounds like the Latin word "me". Later he discovers that it could as well be tuteme. Chilling

2nd: Latin wouldÂ´nt be MY choice for a uniform language. Apart from the fact that it simply has no words for the more modern expressions, the grammar is...complicated. I am absolutely happy with the grammatic cases I already have, no need for an additional one (Ablative).

Edit:
Nearly forgot: You can get all Asterix comics in Latin in some of the better equipped libraries. Beware of the dialects, though. People from Lugundum have a very wierd accent. Let alone that one pirate...

Cheers
Wera

Dan D · 10-26-05, 05:59 PM

Have I already mentioned that my Latin teacher at school, Dr. K., was an ex - Waffle-SS-mate? Oh no, not again.
What do you expect from a Latin teacher who teases pupils with old language? He is an old nancy, of course.

Dr. K was suffering from a shell-shock obviously. He always bored us with stories like â€œ all we had to eat in Russia was frozen tooth-pasteâ€ or â€œ to go for a pee was a real problem, your Heinrich would just fall offâ€. And when there was an air-defence drill at school (cold war times), he used to jump under the table, shouting â€œAlarm!â€. LOL., totally screwed.
When he stepped down from his office as Latin teacher, no pupils or representatives joined his farewell-party, because his SS-membership past had just become public; us pupils could not stand him anyway, and especially Dr. Sch., my math teacher, was outraged and never ever talked to him again, because he and his family had been suffering under the Nazi reign.

Happy Times · 10-27-05, 12:15 PM

http://www.cherryh.com/www/latin1.htm Didn find it too difficult from first glance, could be wrong though.. You would think the missing words could be created, maybe some from all languages? :hmm:

werauchimmer · 10-28-05, 03:33 AM

And why go for this, if there are perfectly good living languages? If you try to pimp-my-latin, youÂ´ll end up with another "esperanto".

Just so we have no misunderstanding: I love Latin. It is brutally logic, imho. Somewhat like spoken mathematics. The additional cases make for more diverse expressions. Roman Poetry is a riot, being octet based and all. But it is a dead language, and for a reason.

10-24-05, 10:38 AM	#1
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	To the Europeans Was surfing and got this link from Wikipedia. http://hymnus-europae.at/ Go to the "audi hymnum" to listen. Ive allways liked the EU hymn but it just so different with lyrics. It makes you think. Anyone else? Plus i think Latin is a beautiful language, maybe we should have some common language teached to all? __________________

10-24-05, 11:19 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, English. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-24-05, 12:43 PM	#3
retired1212 Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Pole, World Posts: 240 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	liberate tutemet ex inferis __________________ Sub has been gifted to enemy in exchange of asylum and money

10-27-05, 12:15 PM	#8
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	http://www.cherryh.com/www/latin1.htm Didn find it too difficult from first glance, could be wrong though.. You would think the missing words could be created, maybe some from all languages? :hmm: __________________

10-26-05, 02:42 PM	#6
werauchimmer Seaman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	1st: The correct phrase is "Liberate tute mae / tuteme ex inferis" - "Save me/yourselfes from hell" (Well, "the inferno", which probably is equal in terms of ambient heat and humiditiy - or lack of the latter. Early Latin had no place like "hell", at least not by that name. But for translations purposes "hell" will do just fine.). "tute" is yourself(pl.), "ex Inferis" is the ablative case of "inferi", meaning "from hell". The character "DJ" makes a wrong translation at first, iirc. "Save me from hell", because when pronounced "mae", it sounds like the Latin word "me". Later he discovers that it could as well be tuteme. Chilling 2nd: Latin wouldÂ´nt be MY choice for a uniform language. Apart from the fact that it simply has no words for the more modern expressions, the grammar is...complicated. I am absolutely happy with the grammatic cases I already have, no need for an additional one (Ablative). Edit: Nearly forgot: You can get all Asterix comics in Latin in some of the better equipped libraries. Beware of the dialects, though. People from Lugundum have a very wierd accent. Let alone that one pirate... Cheers Wera

10-26-05, 05:59 PM	#7
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Have I already mentioned that my Latin teacher at school, Dr. K., was an ex - Waffle-SS-mate? Oh no, not again. What do you expect from a Latin teacher who teases pupils with old language? He is an old nancy, of course. Dr. K was suffering from a shell-shock obviously. He always bored us with stories like â€œ all we had to eat in Russia was frozen tooth-pasteâ€ or â€œ to go for a pee was a real problem, your Heinrich would just fall offâ€. And when there was an air-defence drill at school (cold war times), he used to jump under the table, shouting â€œAlarm!â€. LOL., totally screwed. When he stepped down from his office as Latin teacher, no pupils or representatives joined his farewell-party, because his SS-membership past had just become public; us pupils could not stand him anyway, and especially Dr. Sch., my math teacher, was outraged and never ever talked to him again, because he and his family had been suffering under the Nazi reign.

10-28-05, 03:33 AM	#9
werauchimmer Seaman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And why go for this, if there are perfectly good living languages? If you try to pimp-my-latin, youÂ´ll end up with another "esperanto". Just so we have no misunderstanding: I love Latin. It is brutally logic, imho. Somewhat like spoken mathematics. The additional cases make for more diverse expressions. Roman Poetry is a riot, being octet based and all. But it is a dead language, and for a reason.