...and not technically in Oxfordshire any more, having sadly finished my degree and had to go home and be unemployed, but I approve the idea of being opposed to Cambridge.
However, my inner Classicist is worried by the mission statement - surely it should be "delenda est Cantabrigia"?
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Okt 12, 2008 - 04 06
I believe it should actually be 'Cantabrigia delenda est'...
...or even 'Ceterum censeo Cantabrigia esse delendam'
but that would just be pedantic. :-)
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Okt 12, 2008 - 09 17
So long as it correctly conveys our intentions, I ain't worried.
Though, of course, Loriba's preferred version has the merit of containing more words ...
Word count is everything. Quality is nothing. We will be triumphant!
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Okt 12, 2008 - 10 07
:-D
I wonder if we trounced Nottingham into permanent retirement.
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Okt 16, 2008 - 20 04
Well, if you change it to the longer format it would actually be "Cantabrigiam" to agree with "delendam" in the accusative infinitive construction (in the original it's "ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam"). The actual word order for the short version doesn't really matter; it's mostly a matter of style and emphasis.
Bloody Romans. What have they ever done for us?
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They built the A5, which I find to be a most useful road :-)
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