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[redbird]

Please, Habeant papam. He is not my leader.

Update: the current consensus appears to be "habent papem." Can anyone confirm that? (I got a C in my one semester of Latin, and cattitude isn't home to ask.)

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Your Latin's wrong

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

It's "papem". I think what you have there says "They have a potato."

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[redbird]

Well, they're welcome to some potatoes--they've had a busy few days, they can use a nice dinner.

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[zsero.livejournal.com]

There's a Latin word for potato?

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

There's a Hebrew word, why not a Latin word? It's not like they don't still use Latin in the Church, presumably they update it from time to time.

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[zsero.livejournal.com]

Only if they use it for everyday conversation. If it's only used for ceremonial purposes, I'm not sure why they'd ever need to mention potatoes.

Oh, and modern Hebrew doesn't really have a word for potato either; it's called tapuach adama, 'earth apple'. I think there was once an attempt to contract that to tapud, but it doesn't seem to have stuck.

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Which is analagous to the French pomme de terre (which means roughly the same as the Hebrew).

Re: Your Latin's wrong

[ckd]

Earth apple, earth apple, will you be mine?