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Our Moto
Choose the USS Daystroms moto. Winner will be the official moto of our ship.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
What do the Latin ones mean?
And I don't mean pig....
And I don't mean pig....
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"Dulce et decorum es pro patria mori" is a quote from Virgil's Aeneid, and translates loosely as, "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country."
"Illegitimi non carborundum" is a quote from Seafort, and means, "The bastards aren't [made] of carbon."
"Illegitimi non carborundum" is a quote from Seafort, and means, "The bastards aren't [made] of carbon."
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I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Huh google says it means
Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism jokingly taken to mean "don't let the bastards grind you down".
Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism jokingly taken to mean "don't let the bastards grind you down".
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
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Its pig latin. You take the first letter and put it at the end of the word and add ay to it.
ite-bay e-may, itches-bay
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Bite me, bitches
ite-bay e-may, itches-bay
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Bite me, bitches
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
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Teaos is right, Illegitimi non carborundum = "Don't let the bastards grind you down"
Mikey, wher did you get that other "translation" from.
As for bad latin, how about "Romanes eunt domes"?
Mikey, wher did you get that other "translation" from.
As for bad latin, how about "Romanes eunt domes"?
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Sorry to abuse your words, Seafort. My last education in Latin occurred approx.18 years ago.
I should have known that, too - that's the motto on the blazon on the cover of the Toasters' album D.L.T.B.G.Y.D.
I should have known that, too - that's the motto on the blazon on the cover of the Toasters' album D.L.T.B.G.Y.D.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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It's fake-latin, sounds good but if you try and translate it all you'll get is nonsense - Wiki has a decent article.Mikey wrote:Wait a minute - "carborundum" is inflected like a a second-declension genitive noun... I think your translation is taking some liberties with Latin syntax.
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So I still remembered my declensions! That's kind of funny - I have already posted in the alpha mission thread the background factoid for my character that his last post was on the USS Stilwell. Quite a co-inky-dink...
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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