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To: PatrickHenry
DING!
Thank you for NOT using Connington's "well witting" - that always struck me as a little limp-wristed.
I used to be able to recite this poem in its entirety in proper meter and accent.
Now I can remember mere snippets.
*sniff* see what lack of practice does?

It seemed appropriate.
224 posted on 08/24/2003 10:21:04 AM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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To: King Prout
I used to be able to recite this poem in its entirety in proper meter and accent.

When I was 16, I was on the verge of fluency, but I decided not to take 4th year Latin. Translations required too much homework, and by then I had discovered girls. I don't regret the decision. Also, I was never exposed to Horace, so my avoidance of your least-favored translation wasn't because of any knowing choice on my part. I was just blundering around.

225 posted on 08/24/2003 11:04:17 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Hic amor, haec patria est.)
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