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OMG, a pun in Latin. This list is getting much too rarefied for someone with my simple tastes. It's been more than fifty years since I studied the language in high school. ;)

Trevor Perry wrote:
The famous quote is "et tu, Brute". As Peter points out, because Brutus ends in "us", the vocative uses "e" - hence, it is not Brutus, but Brute, for this quote.

Steve does not end in "us". So, I switched it.


"Wayne McAlpine" <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:<em6f5i$gkq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>...
Well, the famous quote is, I believe, "Et tu, Brute?"

Trevor Perry wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Only if it was meant to be serious Latin.
> To play on Brutus, turn it into Stevus. Since it is really Steve,
> isn't he a Brute?
>
> I guess if it needs explanation......
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> I think that should be
>>
>> 'et tu, Steve'
>>
>> Names ending in "us" take "e" in the vocative.
>>
>> Peter
>> (who helped his son prepare for today's Latin exam this weekend)
>>
>> Peter Colpaert
>> Application Developer
>> PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
>> -----
>> Yoda of Borg are we. Futile is resistance, assimilated will you be.
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>>
>>
>>
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>> et tu, stevus?
>>
>> :-D


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