cogito, ergo blogo
I think I spend too much time on the internet. I blame my parents. Not only did they not give me any siblings, they decided I needed a computer all to myself. A computer with internet access. Not that I'm complaining, but I never used to spend so much time in front of a screen. Maybe I should put my coat over it and pretend it's not there. Pity it's not an invisibility cloak.
So yes, I realise there is no Latin word for the verb "to blog", so I'll have to invent one. For the infinitive, "blogere" seems to make the most sense to me. Or should it be "bloggere"? Well either way, it looks like a second conjugation verb, so the present tense would go blogo, bloges, bloget, blogemus, blogetis, blogent. Or should "I blog" be blogeo? Or maybe bloggeo? Hmmm, maybe the double g form would look better. What do people think?
OK, so perhaps I have reached the pinnacle of geekdom, but I must admit I kind of miss doing Latin. It comes in handy for pharmacy because lots of abbreviations we use are based on Latin, and lots of disease names are based on Latin too. So yay. And occasionally, I get to relive the adventures of Caecilius and his acquaintances when my tutoring student wants help with her Latin homework. Ah the memories.
But anyways....hooray, the semester is over. Not including exams. But I'll worry about them later.
omnes vitas suus bloguerunt.
(Hmmm, I don't think that quite makes sense. Someone correct my grammar, please?)
So yes, I realise there is no Latin word for the verb "to blog", so I'll have to invent one. For the infinitive, "blogere" seems to make the most sense to me. Or should it be "bloggere"? Well either way, it looks like a second conjugation verb, so the present tense would go blogo, bloges, bloget, blogemus, blogetis, blogent. Or should "I blog" be blogeo? Or maybe bloggeo? Hmmm, maybe the double g form would look better. What do people think?
OK, so perhaps I have reached the pinnacle of geekdom, but I must admit I kind of miss doing Latin. It comes in handy for pharmacy because lots of abbreviations we use are based on Latin, and lots of disease names are based on Latin too. So yay. And occasionally, I get to relive the adventures of Caecilius and his acquaintances when my tutoring student wants help with her Latin homework. Ah the memories.
But anyways....hooray, the semester is over. Not including exams. But I'll worry about them later.
omnes vitas suus bloguerunt.
(Hmmm, I don't think that quite makes sense. Someone correct my grammar, please?)
posted by Vivian at 3:01 pm
4 Comments:
Ahhh... I'm so glad I never did Latin, but I still love the joke books they release :)
Procrastina rem nunc
Haha, don't ask ME to correct YOUR grammer Viv!
ha, did latin twice, just not for very long, so i have no idea...
and really, is there any such thing as too much time on the net?
oh, anyone know the address of that web comic with jasmine in it?
Surely blog would be first declension, blogare? I think that would be better, because they're really ever so much easier.
And a single g would be the correct latin form, yes? Those crazy Romans weren't big on the double letters.
Also, that would make the title right.
"omnes vitas suus bloguerunt"
bloguerunt is plural, but suus, which is reflexive is singular. Shouldn't it be plural too? Like suae? Maybe?
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