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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Godai:
<B>You know i just thought of something.<P>Look at what Jones is holding.<P>The 23-sider right?<P>NO. Count the number of sides.
There's 26 visable facets. and thats not even counting the other side.
Hehehe so its not the 23-sider after all.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, no, no, you see it's all part of this misunderstanding involving a mistranslation of the name from the original Mandarin. It's not the 23-sider of power, it's the 23 <strong>sides</strong> of power. It has more than 23 sides, but only 23 of them actually have power. You have to roll it once and get one of those sides. So yes, we may still be safe. Or not. Heh.<P>Actually, I just wanted to say that when T announced that this story would be the scariest story yet, I thought of something maybe Lovecraftian, but this... damn that line from Agent Jones, "Peel her mind like a grape." Now that's scary.<P>--Tuscahoma

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Murasaki:
<B>Carpe Deim
(yes, it's spelled right)
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Actually, it isn't. Try "Carpe Diem". This is most likely the reason for Maccabee's confusion. <P>

You people have got it alllll wrong. It's Carpe Jugulum. >8)[ )<P>-Wish
Who fully expects Miller and Sully's children Morbida and Fenrir to dress in tidy Sunday School clothes and call themselves 'Tracy' and 'Andrew' when they want to rebell against their parents (Whew.. that was a long one.)

Which reminds me about what Neil Gaiman told his daughter when she said "I'm a Goth."--"You are not. The only reason other Goths would talk to you is if they wanted my autograph. If you want to genuinely rebel from me, go get yourself some nice sweaters to wear." (I'm paraphrasing, of course.)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Murasaki:
<B>Carpe Deim
(yes, it's spelled right)<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Okay, I'll bite. What does it mean?<P>------------------
Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator exercitibus allibus ridiculem vulgi longe resistare potest.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Murasaki:
<B>carpe deim
seize the gods</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Sorry dude, still way off.<P>The Latin word for "god" is <I>DEUS</I>.
It's a Second Declension masculine noun.<P>It declines as:<P>.....................SINGULAR PLURAL
NOMINATIVE.....<I>deus........dei</I>
GENITVE..........<I>dei...........deorum</I>
DATIVE...........<I>deo...........deis</I>
ACCUSATIVE...<I>deum........deos</I>
ABLATIVE.......<I>deo...........deis</I><P>Therefore "seize the gods" should be "carpe deos."<P>The <I>-im</I> ending is vanishingly rare in Latin. It shows up in words like <I>duodecim</I> (twelve) but not much else.<P>Maccabee, man of Latin<P>------------------
Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator exercitibus allibus ridiculem vulgi longe resistare potest.<P>[This message has been edited by Maccabee (edited 03-18-2001).]<P>[This message has been edited by Maccabee (edited 03-18-2001).]<p>[This message has been edited by Maccabee (edited 03-18-2001).]

When in doubt, Carpe Gladius.<P>Or if you're still an Aryan, Carpe Gaul. heh heh<P>OK, OK, that's enough. Carpe sum oris.<P>------------------
Tom the Fanboy
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The House of Tee-Moss, home of Billberg University and the Pop Subversion League.

FTR, in Latin the words for "dice" are "aleae" and "talaria". I'm not even going to attempt to conjugate the entire motto of the Knights of the Dinner Table into Latin ("Roll for Initiative, Monkeyboy!") because that would indicate I have too much time on my hands.

If Tom doesn't get a move on with ICOC, I'm going to have to carpe GM (or ST, but that wouldn't have quite the same ring to it.)<P>Not proper Latin, I know......<P>
--<P>And since those punks didn't wreck my wearable, I can read comics, and look for shovelheads at the same time....

Is -im a plural ending in Latin? I thought that was Hebrew.<P>cherub -> cherubim
seraph -> seraphim
el -> elohim<P>I know -es is a plural anding in Latin, and -em is a singular accusative, but I don't recall -im.<P>------------------
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- George Clinton

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gwalla:
<B>Is -im a plural ending in Latin? I thought that was Hebrew.<P>cherub -> cherubim
seraph -> seraphim
el -> elohim<P>I know -es is a plural anding in Latin, and -em is a singular accusative, but I don't recall -im.
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You're right, <I>-im</I> is not a standard ending in Latin. It only pops up in a few places, and is quite irregular.<P><I>-es</I> and <I>-em</I> are Third declension Masculine-Feminine endings (not neuter! I got squashed on the College Roomies From Hell(TM) board for making that mistake).<P>------------------
Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator exercitibus allibus ridiculem vulgi longe resistare potest.