lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
The above was found on a stone, sitting near the body of a man in the woods....If anyone can translate, I would be very gracious.
Regards -GP
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kralmir
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
seem to be greek to me, hang on while i try and crack it:P
thought so, its the first line of this text, the english translation of the whole text is at the bottom
http://dictionary.die.net/lorem%20ipsum
have fun working out wtf its about.
thought so, its the first line of this text, the english translation of the whole text is at the bottom
http://dictionary.die.net/lorem%20ipsum
have fun working out wtf its about.
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Gauteamus
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum
It can only be called a dire message if you are threatened by mad, lead-poisoned typographers.
It can only be called a dire message if you are threatened by mad, lead-poisoned typographers.
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juhubert
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
tsts, whatever happened to the classic humanistic-philological education. latin is a must for the modern world, tho this text actually isn´t proper latin.
let´s start: dolor, -is pain
let´s start: dolor, -is pain
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burgingham
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
Admit it, you just make us do your latin homework.
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sabinati
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
lol lorem ipsum
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sabinati
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
intentional pun? when graphic designers use this stuff as placeholder text it is called "greeking" (even though it's based on a latin text)kralmir wrote:seem to be greek to me, hang on while i try and crack it:P
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GrandProject
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
So, what exactly should it mean? What should I take it's meaning as?
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GrandProject
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
Also, I took the stone and the skeleton beside it, hope i'm not cursed >.<
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juhubert
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Re: Translate- A dire message?
maybe some sort of mene tekel ?GrandProject wrote:So, what exactly should it mean? What should I take it's meaning as?
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