Subject: Re: Honeymoon?
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliaann@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 11:45:20 GMT
Salvete omnes,
>
> Yes, wasn't it awful, Cecilia, that 'partae'? Like hearing
> one's teeth crunching on a beetle in the first mouthful
> of salad.
For chrissakes. You're making my teeth itch. It's worse than thinking
about getting an accidental mouthful of wool scarf.
> Actually, we're all wrong. If we're trying to follow
> the example of Gaivs Ivlivs it should read:
>
> Terra est omnia divisa in partes tres.
It's because he goes against proper usage-- I remembered the oddity of the
est, but the misplaced omnia I'm afraid had escaped me. I could have sworn
it was "Omnia Gallia est divisa..." but I'll take your word for it,
Sagittarius Min. Scotiae.
Gaivs Ivlivs Caesar had every right to make free with his word order, I
suppose, though I'm understanding better now the actions of the Ides of
March: it's difficult to forgive a massacre of the tongue.
Vale,
Caecilia Americanae
ObSal: I'm looking for a way to connect this to Salinger, but the more that
I think, the more that I'm convinced that Salinger avoids the Romans
completely in his canon. Can anyone think of an instance where anything
Roman is mentioned?
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