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I was told recently about a school that was shamed into changing its school motto.
The motto was “l hear, I see, I learn” Nothing wrong with that per se. Unfortunately the motto was in Latin, and the Latin for “l hear, I see, I learn” is "audio, video, disco
wonderfulworldofmichaelford Obserwuj
What the f ck that’s the best school motto ever change it back
copperbadge Obserwuj
Your yearly reminder that “l learn through suffering” can be translated into Latin as “Disco Inferno”
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Just put a cross as the school logo and we are set:
Is that a Justice album cover?
Yes; the name of the album is actually audio video disco; thats how i remembered about it
Specifically the album “audio video disco”
SHIIIIIIIIZA
they had to change the motto because it got too cumbersome to set up the drum machines when they wanted to say AUDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO [synth riffage] VIIIDEO DISCOOOOOOOOOO
I don’t think this is accurate, but it’s pretty funny.
edit: to clarify, I meant I don’t think the Google translation is accurate. But it sounds like the OP translation is not totally accurate either.
Maybe in a literal sense, sure. But I believe it’s more of a nuanced way of saying “I learn through suffering”. Similar in nature to how people use words like bad or hot or rizz to mean something that’s essentially good, while none of those words mean something good/positive (ignoring the fact that rizz didn’t exist until recently).
Yes, and Google Translate is a huge red flag as well. Having taken six years of Latin in school I can confidently say that Google will lie to your face. Discō does not mean “I go / am going” (eō would be more appropriate). It directly means “I am learning” with “hell” in the ablative case, so it’s assumed to mean “I’m learning (through / by means of) hell / Inferno.” So it’s very poetic, but the given translation of “I am learning by way of hellfire (torture)” certainly works. I’ve seen stranger from Cicero…
Google translate sucks at Latin… Discō is in no way “I am going.” It could be translated as “I am learning (by means of, regarding, in some way relating to) hell/“The Inferno” (which could be taken symbolically as torture).” So yeah, they’re stretching the grammar a bit, although I’ve seen worse in Cicero. A less poetic translation would be “Per dolorem disco,” but that’s nowhere near as funny to say aloud…
Source: 4 years of Henle Latin plus two years prior of grammar and vocabulary.
I know a great mascot they could use!
He was a great guy. Cool entrance theme, cool dancing moves.
“Immolate, infant, immolate.”
If anyone is curious, “disco” comes into English from the french loan word discothèque, originally from greek δισκος (diskos, as in discus throw, a disk) + θήκη (thiki, originally case or chest but here it means “house”). So a “house of discs” in the same way a “bibliothèque” is a house of books. The Latin meaning is a happy coincidence. That being said, I sincerely hope someone is working on a disco musical adaptation of Dantes Inferno.
Ah, Revachol middle school
This album got me through 2012.
this wisdom makes me boogie with a suitcase
As a Finn I never miss an opportunity to use per se in a sentence. Especially in formal occasions.
What’s the link with Finnish?
As a Finn per se, or just as a Finn incidentally?
pylly
pyl ly if you aim to be courteous.
I feel like I’m the only person here willing to make the hard choices!
disco
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