[plug] Re: family motto

Alex Polglaze apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au
Fri Feb 4 13:38:14 WST 2005


> -snip-

> Hey, Alex you stole my family motto :-).  Trouble is your's is slightly
> different and a mix a languages, using both Italian and Latin if I'm not
> mistaken.  

Yes, its just like English, a bit here and a bit there, but it is old.
> 
> "Bastardo" is Italian (or pigeon Italian) as in "Fungula Bastardo" (sp?)
> (= fuc at ing ba$tard) that I learned growing up in ethnic-rich and
> racially-tense neighborhoods in the '60s.
> 

Me too.

Actually, my very old, pure Latin motto is;


NIL CIRCUMVENTIS COPULATUM


This is especially useful when the going gets tough and there is a big job to do.


Alex




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