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Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx

From Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx
Date 2011-10-14 13:26 +0200
Organization MW Software
Message-ID <dc7d042252.martin@bach.planiverse.com> (permalink)
References <3613761952.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> <4e97ce3b$0$30750$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <3796002252.wra1th@wra1th.plus.com>

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In message <3796002252.wra1th@wra1th.plus.com>
          Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> wrote:

> In message <4e97ce3b$0$30750$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>
>           Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>> I could not find a direct translation for
>> this stuff, it would appear to me to be a sort of mixture of Latin and
>> Italian.

> Years ago I emailed my peeve, on what forum I cannot now recall, that
> Acorn, then situated in a city well endowed with classical scholars,
> should have been so crass and pretentious as to try their hand at Latinity
> and fall flat on their face. You would have thought somebody might have
> checked it out.

> "I die" is "morior" - there is no Latin word "morio" as far as I know.
> "die!" is "morere" if addressed to one person, and "morimini" if to
> several - there is no Latin word "morite" as far as I know.

It is not that bad. "Morite" is perfect Italian and does mean "die!" 
(addressed to several persons or one person addressed with the 
referential "voi"). And "morio" *is* actually perfect Latin after all. 
It means "fool". Go figure. :-)

-- 
Martin
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Martin Wuerthner         MW Software      http://www.mw-software.com/
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TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-09-27 21:41 +0100
  Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-09-27 23:08 +0200
    Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-09-27 22:33 +0100
    Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-09-28 15:27 +0100
      Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-09-28 17:16 +0200
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-09-28 19:52 +0100
          Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-09-30 06:02 +0200
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-10-02 16:13 +0100
          Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-10-13 11:23 +0200
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Alex Macfarlane Smith <nospam@archifishal.co.uk> - 2011-10-13 21:08 +0100
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-10-15 12:13 +0100
              Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-10-18 16:25 +0200
                Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-10-19 10:45 +0200
    Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-09-30 05:47 +0200
      Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-09-30 22:38 +0100
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-01 05:49 +0200
          Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-10-01 13:19 +0200
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-10-01 20:20 +0100
          Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-10-01 20:51 +0100
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-01 22:46 +0200
              Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-10-01 22:07 +0100
              Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-10-01 22:04 +0100
              Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-10-01 22:45 +0100
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-10-01 22:44 +0100
          Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-10-18 15:23 +0200
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Erik G <erikg@noname.invalid> - 2011-10-18 15:55 +0200
            Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-10-19 20:27 +0100
  Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-14 07:53 +0200
    Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> - 2011-10-14 11:43 +0100
      Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-10-14 13:26 +0200
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-15 20:37 +0200
    Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2011-10-16 18:26 +0100
      Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> - 2011-10-16 23:28 +0100
        Re: TaskWindow -txt &xxxxxxxx druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-10-19 20:30 +0100

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