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- Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!m2xenix!michaels
- From: michaels@psg.com (Michael Sandy)
- Subject: Re: <None>
- Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:09:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.010928.16634@psg.com>
- References: <1992Dec31.141524.23571@burrhus.harvard.edu> <rdippold.725955589@cancun>
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- In article <rdippold.725955589@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
- >glazier@isr.harvard.edu (Andrew Baker Glazier) writes:
- >
- >>Vidi, Vici, Veni
- >>(I saw, I conquered, I came)
- >
- >Veni, VD, Vici - I came, I sored, I cankered
- >
- >Veni, Vidi, VCR - I came, I saw, I taped
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- Let us not forget the immortal:
- Veni, Vidi, VISA - I came, I saw, I bought
- or:
- Veni, Vidi, Vicit - I came, I saw, She (He) Conquered
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- or, a little bit of a stretch:
- Vidi, Veni, Vigui - I saw, I came, I thrived
- (From vigeo, vigere, vigui : To thrive, be vigorous, flourish)
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- Time to review the Perfect Subjunctive Passive forms...
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- Michael Sandy
- michaels@m2xenix.psg.com
- "I resolve to make no non-tautological New Year's Resolutions!"
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