Ludicrous Latin: Eamus navis maiore indigeret
Monday, July 31, 2023
“We’re going to need a bigger boat”
‘Jaws’ by Kevin Dooley, https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/, CC BY
Speaking of sharks, anybody else excited about today?
Ludicrous Latin: Duplicem Somnium Pedum
Sunday, July 30, 2023
Double Dream Feet! Â Â …never gets old 🙂
Ludicrous Latin: EGO operor non vado vultus pro perturbo. Perturbo usitas reperio mihi.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
“I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”
History Schmistory: July 26. Mi Vidi Vi!
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
1887: Unua Libro  is published, detailing the language of Esperanto, Now spoken in over 100 countries. Who knew? …I sure didn’t.
![By skanita en privata biblioteko de P.FiÅo (Wikipedia/eo) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/402px-Fundamento_de_esperanto_edistudio.jpg)
By skanita en privata biblioteko de P.FiÅo (Wikipedia/eo) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Fun Fact: Esperanto was the brain child of Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof and was designed as a ‘universal language’ that would help foster global connections and communication. Unfortunately it was not the success Zamenhof had hoped. Today only 10,000, in the whole world, speak it fluently. Commiseration’s Dr. Z
Ludicrous Latins: Nullo metro compositum est
Friday, July 21, 2023
It doesn’t rhyme.
Demi Lovato & Eminem MANIP by Leticia Lima, licensed under CC BY 2.0
Ludicrous Latin: Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
You do not know the power of the dark side.
History Schmistory, July 15: Roc-King Out!
Saturday, July 15, 2023
1799 – The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign. It unfortunately did not give them the ability learn a new language online. It did however have three different languages written on it (Greek, Demotic & Hieroglyphic!)
Before internet was invented…
History Schmistory, July 9: Hear Yee, Hear Yee! Yo, LISTEN UP!
Sunday, July 9, 2023
1776Â –Â Declaration of Independence was read to George Washington’s troops in New York. I am sure some must have wondered why they were still following the leader after they were told they were free. Â After all, they now had the unalienable right to life which war could take away.
![Washington and Lafayette look over the troops at Valley Forge. [public domain]](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Washington_and_Lafayette_at_Valley_Forge.jpg)
Washington and Lafayette look over the troops at Valley Forge. [public domain]
