Since wives count I nominate mine. She told me recently after a get-together with her girlfriends that they asked about married life and me, and the only complaint she had about me was that I didn't spend enough time on my photography. :)
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Since wives count I nominate mine. She told me recently after a get-together with her girlfriends that they asked about married life and me, and the only complaint she had about me was that I didn't spend enough time on my photography. :)
Oh, I get it- flatter him until he's flatter than a pancake.Quote:
Originally Posted by benjiboy
"Thus passes the glory of the Leica." Either that or or "Gloria got motion sickness on the train and puked on her Leica."Quote:
Originally Posted by daleeman
ahem...Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Goldstein
Sic transit gloria Leicae (just to be pedantic).
I was thinking of just the one camera.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Diapositivo
To be even more pedantic, it's "Sic transit gloria + genitive case". If we use Leica, ae (I declination) than it must be Sic transit gloria Leicae (genitive singular).Quote:
Originally Posted by lxdude
Plural would be "Sic transit gloria Leicarum" ;)
I defer to the native speaker of modern Latin, i.e. Italian, and his knowledge of ancient Latin, far superior to my 40-year-old hazy memory of high school Latin.:)
I must declare though, that I have gone into a hotel and said, "I would like a room".
Thank you. It's 40 years since I took Latin, and I just couldn't remember the correct form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diapositivo
Latin, Wives and Girl Friends. May they never meet