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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2008 11:20:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2008 8:48:56 GMT
I think the wording on the sticker is "Primos inter pares" (meaning first among equals) and "Shed Day Team Northfields".
The picture on the sticker looks to me like a fox holding up a plate with a Cornish pasty on it!
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 21, 2008 19:02:19 GMT
I think the wording on the sticker is "Primos inter pares" (meaning first among equals) Er.. Slight bit of grammatical pedantry  - 'Primos inter pares' means 'Between equal first' - they're both accusative. I think you mean 'Primus inter pares', putting 'Primus' into the nominative - which does mean 'First among equals'. See, I knew all those years doing Latin to 'A' level wouldn't be wasted! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Oracle on Oct 21, 2008 20:31:26 GMT
Better 'inter stella lunar minores ' than 'primus inter pares'?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 21, 2008 20:47:40 GMT
Better 'inter stella lunar minores ' than 'primus inter pares'? Just round the corner from Tower Hill and OB27 - 'perspicuus sol rutilus minor ies'? ;D |
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Post by Oracle on Oct 21, 2008 20:56:24 GMT
'Transparent small shining Sun'? Never did Latin at school but I remember my Law Latin!
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 21, 2008 21:36:59 GMT
Close - I'd managed to work in a pun about Minories Junction, so keeping this vaguely on-topic!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2008 0:46:38 GMT
The picture on the sticker looks to me like a fox holding up a plate with a Cornish pasty on it! As it was explained to me: the Cockfosters depot's mascot is a chicken, so the Northfields bunch have a fox holding a cooked chicken. No immature rivalry there or anything. ;) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2008 9:41:45 GMT
I think the wording on the sticker is "Primos inter pares" (meaning first among equals) Er.. Slight bit of grammatical pedantry - 'Primos inter pares' means 'Between equal first' - they're both accusative. I think you mean 'Primus inter pares', putting 'Primus' into the nominative - which does mean 'First among equals'. See, I knew all those years doing Latin to 'A' level wouldn't be wasted! ;D ;D ;D ;D Gadzooks!! The benefits of a classical education. That will put Blackadder in his place (if I read your avatar correctly). |
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