Saturday, November 15, 2014

sat., 15 nov., 2014, & sun., 16 nov., 2014, a latinate blasphomet?: give us This Day our Daily Curse

LATIN:  Deus mortus est.  ‡‡
 
‡‡)  “God is dead...”   an odd phrase, to ancient Roman ears,  & not terribly offensive to most, in sofar as an ancient Roman might reply, “which god?”  But some stick-up-the-arse Romans would regard it as a rudeness,  even if the comment was aimed at a god they did not particularly revere.

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