Latin for Even More Occasions (Hardcover)

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Review

"Hilarious...Qui hoot!"

-- Houston!Post

"The most useful book of the season."

-- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Henry Beard improves the taste level of America."

-- The Miami Herald

And Now There's Even More!

Latin Punch Lines.

And at these prices, you won't see many more kangaroos in this bar, either.

Et tantis pretiis constitutis plures Macropodidas in hac caupona minime videbis.

Latin Sports Cheers

Pursue them, pursue them, make them relinquish the ball!

Sequimini, sequimini, facite ut pilam relinquant!

Latin Poetry

A rose is a rose is a rose.

Rosa rosa rosa est est. -- Review

Review

"Hilarious...Qui hoot!"

-- Houston!Post

"The most useful book of the season."

-- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Henry Beard improves the taste level of America."

-- The Miami Herald

And Now There's Even More!

Latin Punch Lines.

And at these prices, you won't see many more kangaroos in this bar, either.

Et tantis pretiis constitutis plures Macropodidas in hac caupona minime videbis.

Latin Sports Cheers

Pursue them, pursue them, make them relinquish the ball!

Sequimini, sequimini, facite ut pilam relinquant!

Latin Poetry

A rose is a rose is a rose.

Rosa rosa rosa est est.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Villard; 1st edition (November 12, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679406743
• ISBN-13: 978-0679406747
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #622,038 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deja vu, July 4, 2003

By	FrKurt Messick "FrKurt Messick" (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

After Beard's first book, 'Latin for All Occasions', one might say this book is a case of deja vu, or prius visum, as the Latin would have it.

Who said Latin wasn't useful? Henry Beard, in this volume and its predecessor, demonstrates that it is very useful, and not just for identifying a dish on a menu in Rome that looks suspiciously like the Latin word for 'eel'.

This volume begins on a fun note: French sounds even better in Latin:

Savoir faire = Scire facere
Nouveau riche = Novissime locupletatus
Merde! = Merda!

From there we proceed to philosophy:

Cogito, ergo sum
Sum, ergo edo.
Cogito sumere potum alterum.
(I think, therefore I am. I am, therefore I eat. I think I'll have another drink.)

And lest we forget, the memorable Latin phrase for use at a toga party:

Toga! Toga! Toga!
(memorise this, for it will be on the test)

There are things in this volume for sports fans, pop culture fans, those about to celebrate and those who want to be casual. If you want to sound intelligent while saying you think you've just spotted Elvis in the crowd, this book can tell you how to bring up the subject intelligently.

If Caesar had had this book, he might have rephrased his famous utterance as Veni, vidi, nates calce concidi! (I came, I saw, I kicked butt!).

Divinissimum est!

Proving once again, some people have far too much time on their hands. And we are more fortunate for that!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for anyone who struggled through Latin 101, September 8, 2000

By A Customer

This book and its predecessor (Lingua Latina Occasionaibus Omnibus) will make anyone who struggled through Latin 101 the division of Gaul into three parts proud to be a Latin speaker. A great tool for Classics teachers who want to make Latin a living language for students doing translation, and wonderful for those of us who want to know how to say "I hate Astroturf" in the world's most distinguished language.

5.0 out of 5 stars Quate Tuam Togam!!!, October 12, 2006

By	Robert M. Gaul "Bobby G" (Ft. Wayne, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having passed the first 2 years of Latin (failing the third miserably), AND having married a Latin teacher, you have to admit there IS a certain IRONY to that...and that's where Henry beard comes in...

His impeccable tongue-in-cheek manner of illustarting how Latin has been (and can be) used in our language is not only one of the best learning tools I have encountered, but also one of the most humorous!

He leaves no stone unturned in his pusuit to avail us of just how "commonplace" a "dead" language can be in everyday conversation.

He covers things such as sports, great books, snappy comebacks, and even a letter to Santa...!!!

He's like the George Carlin of ancient Rome...only without the blue language, (imho)...this is informative AND hilarious at the same time!

A must read..even if you never studied Latin (or failed it like I did)!