Ludicrous Latin: Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse
Monday, April 16, 2018
No, excuse me, I believe I’m next.
Ludicrous Latin: Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
If Caesar were alive, you’d be chained to an oar!
Ludicrous Latin: Noli me vocate, ego te vocabo.
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Don’t call me, I’ll call you
Ludicrous Latin: Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.
Viral Marco: A really cute kid speaks French!
Thursday, March 29, 2018
History Schmistory: January 28. “Dear Horace, I just had a happy accident.”
Sunday, January 28, 2018
1754: The first use of the word “serendipity” in the English language is noted in a letter from Horace Walpole to Horace Mann. A letter between Horaces! Walpole said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of”. Mann convinced Walpole to truncate the fledgling term from the original; “Serendipity-doo-dah.”
Serendipity by Nila Sivatheesan, April 7, 2014 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.
MarcoWord (French): Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)
Friday, December 22, 2017
Today’s MarcoWord (French): Joyeux Noël. Merry Christmas. “Joyeux Noël, my French friend. Whoa, change one letter and ‘French friend’ looks like ‘French Fried!’ Cool!”
Grocerymania, Joyeux Noel Metro 1960, via flick, creative commons contribution
MarcoWord (German): Fröhliche Weihnachten (Merry Christmas)
Friday, December 22, 2017
Today’s MarcoWord (German): Fröhliche Weihnachten. Merry Christmas. “Fröhliche Weihnachten! Can I pay in Euros?”
Today’s MarcoWord (Indonesian): Selamat Hari Natal (Merry Christmas)
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Today’s MarcoWord (Indonesian): Selamat Hari Natal. Merry Christmas. “Selamat Hari Natal, fellow Indonesioners!”
