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To: tioga; xsmommy; SoothingDave

Pingemus

(let us be pinged?)


22 posted on 08/26/2008 10:52:54 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (We have standards & tradition, otherwise we'd be little better than the DUmmies.)
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To: NeoCaveman

impressive.


57 posted on 08/26/2008 11:37:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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Depends on whether we want to make the base verb pingo, pingere or pingo, pingare. I see that pingare has made it into Italian as a neologism for computer pinging, so perhaps there’s a Latin verb pingare (my dictionary is not at hand), alongside pingere (to paint, draw).

So, pingemus would be “let us ping” (subjunctive active) and all you need to do is make it subjunctive passive: pingemur = “let us be pinged.” At least I think that’s right.

Or perhaps you wanted an imperative: “pinga” — (you) ping (someone)??


71 posted on 08/26/2008 12:16:27 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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