BALD-FACED LIES ARE LESS BALD-FACED IN LATIN
-The check is in the mail.
Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est.
-I have nothing to declare.
Nihil declaro.
-I don't know what you're talking about.
Nescio quid dicas.
-It was that way when I got here.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
-There's no one here by that name.
Nemo hic adest illius nominis.
-Don't call me, I'll call you.
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
FLATTERY SOUNDS MORE SINCERE IN LATIN
-Have you lost weight?
Nonne macescis?
-You haven't aged a bit!
Minime senuisti!
-It looks great on you!
Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!
-A wig? I never would have guessed!
Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!
INTIMATE SUBJECTS ARE EASIER TO BROACH IN LATIN
-Your fly is open.
Braccae tuae aperiuntur.
-Your slip is showing.
Subucula tua apparet.
-You have a big piece of spinach on your front teeth.
In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes.
-You've been misusing the subjunctive.
Abutebaris modo subjunctivo.
SELF-ASSERTIVENESS IS SIMPLER IN LATIN
-Hey, we're all in line here!
Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!
-No cutting in!
Noli inferre se in agmen!
-No, excuse me, I believe I'm next.
Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse.
-You're from New York, aren't you?
Nonne de Novo Eboraco venis?
LATIN BUMPER STICKERS FOR YOUR CHARIOT
FRENA PRO FERIS TENEO
I BRAKE FOR ANIMALS
BALAENAE NOBIS CONSERVANDAE SUNT
SAVE THE WHALES
SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS
HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN
CUM CATAPULTAE PROSCRIPTAE ERUNT TUM SOLI PROSCRIPTI CATAPULTAS HABEBUNT
WHEN CATAPULTS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE CATAPULTS
SIC HOC ADFIXUM IN OBICE LEGERE POTES, ET LIBERALITER EDUCATUS ET NIMIS PROPINQUUS ADES
IF YOU CAN READ THIS BUMPER STICKER, YOU ARE BOTH VERY WELL EDUCATED AND MUCH TOO CLOSE
VANITAS PLATES
INCITATUS
SPEED DEMON
VAGANS
CRUISING
LITORALIS
BEACH BUM
MANNUS
MUSTANG
FRACTUM
JALOPY
NITIDUS
SNAZZY
URSUS
BEAR
TURBO
TURBO
CARTOONS ARE, WELL, CARTOONIER IN LATIN
-What's up, Doc?
Quid agis, Medice?
-I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!
Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!
-I tought I taw a puddy tat!
Credidi me felem vidisse!
-Thuffering Thuccotash!
Farrago fatigans!
-Beep-beep!
Cornu sono!
-Ah-bee, ah-bee, ah-bee, that's all, folks!
Abeo, abeo, abeo, actum est, comites!
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE GOLDEN IN LATIN
-Just the facts, ma'am.
Dic mihi solum facta, domina.
-Sorry about that, chief.
Illius me paenitet, dux.
-You bet your bippy!
Tuis pugis pignore!
-The devil made me do it!
Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem!
-Kiss my grits!
Osculare pultem meam!
-Beam me up, Scotty!
Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
-If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris.
TIMELESS LINES FROM THE MOVIES
-Make my day.
Fac ut gaudeam.
-Round up the usual suspects.
Conlige suspectos semper habitos.
-You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.
-Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
ALL MUSIC IS CLASSICAL MUSIC IN LATIN
-My favorite group is...
Caterva carissima mea est...
-The Beatles The Temptations
Cimictus Inlecebrae
The Rolling Stones The Who
Lapides Provolventes Ille Quis
The Grateful Dead The Monkees
Mortui Grati Simitatores
The Beach Boys Country Joe and the Fish
Pueri Litoris Iosephus Agrestis Piscesque
ALL TV IS EDUCATIONAL TV IN LATIN
My favorite show is...
Spectaculum carissimum est...
Gilligan's Island Jeopardy
Insula Gilliganis Periculum
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