How much?
/joke appeals to very limited audience who may have experience of latin at school.
leaves...
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The Tig and me,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:18,
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Canis est in via
/still remembers first sentence in latin class
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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:25,
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good god
18 years and I'd managed to forget it all, and NOW! Gah!
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mr horrible up yours, dickface,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:27,
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Hahahaha
Looks like EVERYONE EVER used the same Latin books in school.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:30,
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You're not alone!
:)
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[sic] You're ad here?,
Fri 18 May 2007, 20:51,
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crikey
I just calculated that, for me too, it's been 18 years
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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:32,
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4 years of latin
and thats the only sentence I can remember...
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Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen.,
Thu 17 May 2007, 10:01,
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WTF
Has learning Latin got to do with quantum physics?
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Jago Laurens,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:27,
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'Quantum' is a latin word meaning 'how much'/'how many'.
It's the word 'quantity' is derived from, I'd guess.
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RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:31,
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It's also where Quantum is derived from
as a modern word. Levels of probability.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:36,
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My apologies.
I thought this was about quantum position probability densities, rather than just Latin per se.
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Jago Laurens,
Thu 17 May 2007, 9:52,
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