Comments on: The Great Seal of Obamaland http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/21/the-great-seal-of-obamaland/ seismic politics, earth-shattering economics and volcanic commentary Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:20:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nwbblu http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/21/the-great-seal-of-obamaland/comment-page-1/#comment-581 nwbblu Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=649#comment-581 Charles, and I meant of course, possumus, not pussumus. Would you correct the typo for me, please? Charles, and I meant of course, possumus, not pussumus. Would you correct the typo for me, please?

]]> By: Charles Lemos http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/21/the-great-seal-of-obamaland/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Charles Lemos Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:26:23 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=649#comment-579 You're right! And I didn't even catch that. Brother Constantine would be disappointed in my flagging Latin. Thanks. You’re right! And I didn’t even catch that. Brother Constantine would be disappointed in my flagging Latin. Thanks.

]]> By: nwbblu http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/21/the-great-seal-of-obamaland/comment-page-1/#comment-578 nwbblu Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:05:29 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=649#comment-578 Not to be picky, but: Sadly, neither Greek nor Roman, he. Whoever tried to translate "Yes we can" into Latin probably thought they were being clever. No self-respecting Latinist would have rendered the English phrase into such unsophisticated and inaccurate Latin. They probably used an on line translation program. "Vero possumus" sounds like a schoolchild's prank. Not to be picky, but: Sadly, neither Greek nor Roman, he. Whoever tried to translate “Yes we can” into Latin probably thought they were being clever. No self-respecting Latinist would have rendered the English phrase into such unsophisticated and inaccurate Latin. They probably used an on line translation program. “Vero possumus” sounds like a schoolchild’s prank.

]]> By: FrenchDoc http://www.bythefault.com/2008/06/21/the-great-seal-of-obamaland/comment-page-1/#comment-576 FrenchDoc Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:01:22 +0000 http://www.bythefault.com/?p=649#comment-576 Charles, I think this blog needs a big time seal like that, with the slogan in Latin, the eagle and whatever! Can it get any more ridiculous? (Don't answer that one!) Charles, I think this blog needs a big time seal like that, with the slogan in Latin, the eagle and whatever!

Can it get any more ridiculous? (Don’t answer that one!)

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