[plug] Re: family motto

[Chris Griffin]

> 
> NIL CIRCUMVENTIS COPULATUM
> 
and this means?


On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:38:14 +0800, Alex Polglaze
<apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > -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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