Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>
> > > To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
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> > > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:00 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch
> > >
> > >
> > >> 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.
> > >> -----
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by:
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> > >> 15/12/2006 22:31
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> > >> et tu, stevus?
> > >>
> > >> :-D