Comments on: Seriously http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seriously n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glenfinnan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-10551 Glenfinnan Fri, 09 May 2008 20:28:21 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/#comment-10551 Latin doesn't seem to have had a problem with just leaving many "foreign" names as undeclinable. Obama could just stay Obama. Even in the genitive and accusative. (And, yes, vivat.) Latin doesn’t seem to have had a problem with just leaving many “foreign” names as undeclinable. Obama could just stay Obama. Even in the genitive and accusative.

(And, yes, vivat.)

]]> By: DaveA http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-10542 DaveA Fri, 09 May 2008 17:45:47 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/#comment-10542 On the other hand, if you set it to the tune of "Viva Las Vegas," it's kind of catchy. "Barak Obama gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire..." Yup, there's a parody song in there somewhere! On the other hand, if you set it to the tune of “Viva Las Vegas,” it’s kind of catchy.

“Barak Obama gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire…” Yup, there’s a parody song in there somewhere!

]]> By: James Kabala http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-10540 James Kabala Fri, 09 May 2008 17:04:46 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/08/seriously/#comment-10540 It would make more sense for a Latinized Obama to retain his real surname in a first-declension but masculine form, like Sulla or Agrippa. "Obamus" just sounds awkward. And shouldn't it be "Vivat?" I wonder how much Latin Noonan really knows. It would make more sense for a Latinized Obama to retain his real surname in a first-declension but masculine form, like Sulla or Agrippa. “Obamus” just sounds awkward. And shouldn’t it be “Vivat?” I wonder how much Latin Noonan really knows.

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