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Dog Latin or mock-Latin refers to the creation of a phrase or jargon in imitation of Latin, often by directly translating English words (or those of other European languages) into Latin without conjugation or declension. In Grammar, a phrase is a group of Words that functions as a single unit in the Syntax of a sentence. For Wikipedia jargon see WikipediaGlossary. For hacker slang see Jargon File. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a Verb from its basic forms or Principal parts. Latin is an inflected language and as such its nouns pronouns and adjectives must be declined in order to serve a grammatical function Unlike the similarly-named language game Pig Latin (a form of spoken code popular among young people), Dog Latin is more of a humorous device for invoking scholarly seriousness, especially when creatively used in nomenclature and naming conventions. A language game (also called secret language or ludling) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear Pig Latin is an English Language game in which the initial consonant sound of an English word is placed at the end and an ay is Affixed (Ex In Cryptography, a code is a method used to transform a Message into an obscured form preventing those who do not possess special information or key A naming convention is a convention for naming things The intent is to allow useful information to be deduced from the names based on regularities Sometimes "dog Latin" can mean a poor-quality genuine attempt at writing in Latin.
Examples
Dog Latin is rarely put to a serious purpose, but it is used in the temporary naming of undiscovered (or not yet officially named) chemical elements. A chemical element is a type of Atom that is distinguished by its Atomic number; that is by the number of Protons in its nucleus. For example, the name given to element 118 is "ununoctium", the IUPAC systematic element name, from unum, unum, octo, the Latin words for "one, one, eight". Ununoctium (ˌjuːnəˈnɒktiəm or /ˌʌnəˈnɒktiəm/ also known as eka-radon or element 118, is the temporary IUPAC name for The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC) (aɪjuːpæk or ay-yoo-pec) is an international Non-governmental organization A systematic element name is the temporary name and symbol assigned to newly synthesized and not yet synthesized Chemical elements In Chemistry, a transuranic
More often, correct Latin is mixed with English words for humorous effect or in an attempt to update Latin by providing words for modern items. Examples include the following spoof of legal Latin, in the fictional case of Daniel v Dishclout ("Sam Weller's Budget of Recitations", The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens, 1838), describing a kitchen:
- camera necessaria pro usus cookoree, cum sauce pannis, scullero, dressero, coalholo, stovis, smoakjacko; pro roastandum, pro rastandum, boilandum, fryandum, et plum puddings mixandum, pro turtle soupes, calves head hashibus, cum calipee et calipashibus. Sam Weller is a Fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is allegedly the character that made Dickens The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens.
Dog Latin is often used in comic fiction for:
- Names of fictional Romans. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial In the Astérix comic books, these are usually puns; examples from the English translations (by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge) include Noxious Vapus, Crismus Bonus, Encyclopedia Britannicus, and the celebrated duo Sendervictorius and Appianglorius. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Anthea Bell (born 1936 is a British translator who has translated numerous literary works especially children's literature from French, German Derek Hockridge was born in 1934 in Wales and brought up in Birmingham. "God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms It is the National Characters mentioned in Monty Python's Life of Brian include Naughtius Maximus, Biggus Dickus and Incontinentia Buttox. Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as The Life of Brian, is a 1979 Comedy film written directed and largely performed by the
- Names of species in zoology and botany; e. Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life g. , some of the Warner Brothers cartoons featuring the Road Runner and Coyote open by presenting them with such titles as Accelerati Incredibus and Carnivorous Vulgaris. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and
- Magic spells, as in the Harry Potter books (see canonical spells in the world of Harry Potter) and the television series Charmed. Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J
- Mottos, e. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group g. Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc translated as "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us," motto of The Addams Family in the first movie, or De Oppresso Liber, the motto of the United States Army Special Forces. The Addams Family are a group of fictional characters created by American Cartoonist Charles Addams. De oppresso liber is the motto of the United States Army Special Forces. Magic spells in Buffy the Vampire Slayer are usually in accurate Latin (and occasionally other languages), but the motto of Sunnydale High School is given as Formatia trans sicere educatorum ("Enter all you who seek knowledge"). Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e In The Red Green Show, the motto of Possum Lodge is given as Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati, which according to the show means "When all else fails, play dead. The Red Green Show is a Television Comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States " A motto on an unofficial military patch of the U. S. Air Force 509th Bomb Wing reads Gustatus similis pullus, Dog Latin for "Tastes like chicken. This article is about the US Air Force B-2 Wing For the article on the World War II B-29 unit see 509th Operations Group. "[1]
The filler text known as lorem ipsum began as a passage by Cicero, but has been mutated and extended to become Dog Latin. Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated For the Wikipedia template see lorem ipsum In Publishing and Graphic design, lorem ipsum lipsum)--> is Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman
The British satirical magazine Private Eye often features a mock Latin oration in the style still used at Oxford University for honorary degrees. Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
In The Simpsons episode "Bart on the Road", Bart Simpson comments to his sister Lisa Simpson that she is, "as they say in Latin," a dorkus malorkus; Lisa questions the phrase's authenticity. " Bart on the Road " is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season. Bartholomew J "Bart" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith.
Verses
In P. D. Q. Bach's Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, the "Monk's Aria" consists of four stanzas of Dog Latin along the lines of
- Et in terra chicken pox romana; Sic sic transit gloria mañana; Sanctus estes Kefauviridiana. P D Q Bach is a fictional composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. Carey Estes Kefauver ( July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American Politician from Tennessee who
On the other hand, the following verses contain only Latin words, but are in fact disguised English:
- Brutus ad sum iam forte / Caesar aderat / Brutus sic in omnibus / Caesar sic in at.
("Brutus had some jam for tea / Caesar had a rat / Brutus sick in omnibus / Caesar sick in hat. ")[2].
A variant is:
- Brutus et erat forti / Caesar et sum iam / Brutus sic in omnibus / Caesar sic intram.
("Brutus ate a rat for tea / Caesar ate some jam / Brutus sick in omnibus / Caesar sick in tram. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train ")
The following Dog Latin poem is often taught, as a joke, to English-speaking students of Latin today:
- O civile, si ergo, / Fortibus es in ero. / O Nobile, / Deus trux! / Vatis enim? / Causan dux.
("Oh, see, Willy, see her go / Forty buses in a row. / Oh, no, Billy / They is trucks! / What is in 'em? / Cows and ducks. ")
Another, shorter, example of this is the following:
- Semper ubi sub ubi.
(Literally "Always where under where. " Read aloud, it may sound like "Always wear underwear. ")
Germans have the Dog Latin phrase:
- Rex equus ad Germaniam et multo in plus.
(Literally "King horse to Germany and much in more. " In German: "Der König Pferd nach Deutschland und viel ins mehr. " Read aloud, it may sound like "Der König fährt nach Deutschland und fiel ins Meer," or "The king is going to Germany and [he] fell into the ocean. ")
See also
- Latino sine Flexione, a constructed language based on Latin but without inflections
- Hiberno-Latin, playful learned Latin literature by Irish monks
- Illegitimi non carborundum, well-known Dog Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down". Latino sine flexione ( Latin without Inflections is an Auxiliary language invented by the Italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano (1858 - 1932 A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar Hiberno-Latin, also called Hisperic Latin, was a playful and learned sort of Latin Literature created and spread by Irish monks during the period Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin Aphorism jokingly taken to mean "don't let the bastards grind you down"
- Latatian, Dog Latin in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
- Macaronic language, using a mixture of languages, such as Latin and English
- New Latin, post-mediaeval Latin used for international science
- Pig Latin, simple verbal code language in English
- Reductio ad Hitlerum, a Dog Latin phrase. See also Discworld (world This article concerns the fictional geography of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld, featured in the long running series of Macaronic refers to text spoken or written using a mixture of Languages sometimes including Bilingual puns particularly when the languages are used in the same context The term New Latin or Neo-Latin is used to describe a form the Latin language used between the end of the Medieval Latin period (c Pig Latin is an English Language game in which the initial consonant sound of an English word is placed at the end and an ay is Affixed (Ex Reductio ad Hitlerum, also argumentum ad Hitlerum, or reductio (or argumentum) ad Nazium
References
- ^ Broad, William J. "Inside the Black Budget", New York Times, April 2, 2008
- ^ I Saw Esau. ISBN 1-56402-046-0.
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