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Title: Latin for All Occasions: Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus by Henry Beard ISBN: 0-394-58660-3 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: November, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Illud iterum dicere potes!
Comment: This wonderful little book was presented to me many years ago after I had completed a Latin seminar. It was a wonderful gift, and I have found much use for the various phrases, and an extraordinary amount of humour that can be derived from the blandest of statements when translated into Latin. For example, the innocuous phrase 'Darn! There goes my beeper!' becomes quite funny in Latin:
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
One has visions of Caesar fumbling through his tunic for some beeping object.
So, if you need a little Latin on the golf course (Alterum ictum faciam); on the tennis court (minime latum!), at the beach when spotting a shark (Pistrix! Pistrix!), or you just need to say Illud Latine dici non potest (you can't say that in Latin), you'll be prepared with this volume.
It even comes with a section on what to say when at the Vatican (where it might truly come in handy). For instance you might need to say 'Ubi possum potiri petasi similis isti?' when passing a cardinal or nun (translation: Where can I get a hat like that?).
So, don't waste your time on watching reruns of Insula Gilliganis or game shows such as Periculum and Rota Fortunae -- pick up this book today, and merge the worlds past and present.
Die dulci fruere. (Have a nice day.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Cicero would have hated this book . . .
Comment: . . . but that's only because the common rabble would have loved it! Henry Beard has given the Latin enthusiast (and aspiring perennial pest) a laugh-a-minute phrasebook that tells you how to say just about everything from "Darn! There goes my beeper!" to "I'll have a hamburger, French Fries, and a thick shake." The entries are all conveniently sorted out into twelve categories -- separated by some really funny drawings -- such as "Lingua Latina Conlocutioni" (Conversational Latin) and "Lingua Latina Vitae Communi" (Social Latin), which makes finding the perfect greeting, or insult, a lot easier. There's even a handy little pronunciation guide so you'd be able to say what you want in perfect Latin. So the next time you find yourself in ancient Rome, be ready to beat the loquacious Cicero down with some good old-fashioned small talk by having a copy of "Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus" tucked somewhere in your toga!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very funny
Comment: This is a rather unusual book, with all manner of everyday and bizarre sayings nicely translated into Latin for your amusement/education/use at a dinner party. Just as with his very funny "French for Cats", the real humour lies in the really odd things he has taken the time to translate - things like "I believe that Elvis is still alive".
It is a good fun coffee table book, and a must for any serious collector of great humour books.
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Title: Which Way to the Vomitorium: Vernacular Latin for All Occasions by Lesley O'Mara, Rose Williams ISBN: 031224276X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: AMO AMAS AMAT & MORE by Eugene H. Ehrlich ISBN: 0062720171 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Latin for Even More Occasions: Lingua Latina Multo Pluribus Occasionibus by Henry Beard ISBN: 0679406743 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Veni, Vidi, Vici : Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin by Eugene H. Ehrlich ISBN: 0062733656 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Cattus Petasatus: The Cat in the Hat in Latin by Dr Seuss, Jennifer Morrish Tunberg, Terence Tunberg, Dr Seuss ISBN: 086516472X Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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