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Latin for Even More Occasions Hardcover – November 12, 1991

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Oh, darn, there I go again! You know, I just can't help speaking Latin.

Ecce, denuo ago, sicut soleo! Non enim possum facere quin Latine loquar.

It's so second nature to me, sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it!

Adeo huius mihi rei natura facta est, ut interdum nesciam quidem me sic facere!

So you thought you'd already soaked up as much scire facere (savoir faire) as you could by reading that howlingly funny yet highly literate guide to all things Latin, the best-selling Latin for All Occasions. Well, you still have some things to learn. Henry Beard, having already freed former altar boys and Latin-class alumni and alumnae from their previously held assumption that Latin is dead, is now going all out to bring this formerly moribund language into the twentieth century. Henricus has realized that he simply cannot stop when there are people in this world who don't know how to say. "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!" in Latin ("Sis, noli Volvivoluptatem comprimere!"), so he has prepared an entirely new, even funnier way to deal with all possible situations. You can impress your friends as never before on St. Patrick's Day when you yell, "Hibernia in aeternum!" ("Erin, go bragh!") and wow a tour guide by musing, "Scire velim ubi taberna munusculorum sit" ("I wonder where the gift shop is"). Break into show biz with your impressions of Marlon Brando, "Proeliator fuissem" ("I could've been a contender"); Cary Grant, "ludaea, ludaea, ludaea" ("Judy, Judy, Judy"); and James Cagney. "Tu, rattus turpis!" ("You dirty rat!"). Breeze by the stiffest of maitre d's by saying, 'Cauponas percenseo" ("I'm a restaurant reviewer"). Your Latin education simply isn't complete without it.

Tete oblecta! (Have fun!)

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Villard
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November 12, 1991
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5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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0679406743
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978-0679406747
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"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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ere I go again! You know, I just can't help speaking Latin. Ecce, denuo ago, sicut soleo! Non enim possum facere quin Latine loquar. It's so second nature to me, sometimes I don't even know I'm doing it! Adeo huius mihi rei natura facta est, ut interdum nesciam quidem me sic facere! So you thought you'd already soaked up as much scire facere (savoir faire) as you could by reading that howlingly funny yet highly literate guide to all things Latin, the best-selling Latin for All Occasions. Well, you still have some things to learn. Henry Beard, having already freed former altar boys and Latin-class alumni and alumnae from their previously held assumption that Latin is dead, is now going all out to bring this formerly moribund language into the twentieth century. Henricus has realized that he simply cannot stop when there are people in this world who don't know how to say. "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!" in Latin ("Sis, noli Volvivolu

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Villard; 1st edition (November 12, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679406743
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679406747
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

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Kevin M. Perry

Libellus plenus hilaritatis

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2012

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I use portions of this book with my Latin classes to inject some grammar/vocabulary levity. The Latin syntax is good; the sentiments are even better.

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Deja vu

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 4, 2003

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!

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Walter Reade

Great for e-mail signatures!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 1, 2002

As a whole, the book is mildly amusing. But it is full of great material to use at the bottom of e-mail signatures. Impress your friends! *Age . . . Fac ut gaudeam*.

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Robert M. Gaul

Quate Tuam Togam!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2006

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)!

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T. Bohacek

Just a repeat of things already done in his other book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2007

About 90 % of this book is the very same identical entries that were in his first book, "Latin of all Occasions"

Unless you are a Latin scholar or a linquist, this is not the book for you, don't waste your time or money. I got a copy from the library and did not buy it

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Leone Tschoo

Latein muss nicht langweilig sein

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on October 19, 2009

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Wer Latin for all Occasions kennt, der erwartet sich vielleicht mehr von diesem Buch.
Erwartungen bei Seite, ist und bleibt es eine gute Möglichkeit sich mit Latein anzufreunden. Nach Themen geordnet, finden sich meist Englische Redensarten und Sprüche, die sich dann auch schwierig ins Deutsche übertragen lassen. Es ist wie Witze zu übersetzen. Manche lassen sich gut übersetzen und machen durchaus Sinn, einige (wenige) lassen sich erklären ohne den "Witz" zu verlieren, wieder andere lässt man lieber wo sie sind: "in ihrer eigenen Sprache, denn dafür sind sie gedacht, gemacht oder gebohren".

Alles in allem interessant wenn man noch Platz im Bücherregal hat.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 14, 2014

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Great book.

Mr Nicholas J Robinson

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2015

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