David J Prokopetz

Real reasons to study Latin:

6. Make really pretentious-sounding but DUMB mottos for friends.

For instance are you aware that the Addams family motto ("Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc") is not actually proper Latin?

When it last came up, I proposed "Quoscumque subigerent sic vorēmus" as an alternative.

As a bonus, it also means "We suck the dicks of our doms," because Latin is a hilariously horny language.

Real reasons to study Latin:

#my personal favorite is #Fursonae (via @kcdodger)

We did that bit already:

https://www.tumblr.com/prokopetz/676081382513049600/

Going to start making every school of grammarian equally annoyed by pluralising "penis" as "penoi".

#idk as a grammatical anarchist it's funny (via @kintatsujo)

Going to start annoying the grammatical anarchists by framing a prescriptivist argument for the correctness of "penoi".

as a linguist and conlang appreciator, I want to know what your etymology for this would be

I haven't put a great deal of thought into working out the particulars just yet, but I'd probably start with spuriously asserting that the word "penis" derives from the Ancient Greek φαλλός (note: it absolutely does not) and go from there.

"Grimm's law goes both ways."

Going to start making every school of grammarian equally annoyed by pluralising "penis" as "penoi".

#idk as a grammatical anarchist it's funny (via @kintatsujo)

Going to start annoying the grammatical anarchists by framing a prescriptivist argument for the correctness of "penoi".

as a linguist and conlang appreciator, I want to know what your etymology for this would be

I haven't put a great deal of thought into working out the particulars just yet, but I'd probably start with spuriously asserting that the word "penis" derives from the Ancient Greek φαλλός (note: it absolutely does not) and go from there.

Going to start making every school of grammarian equally annoyed by pluralising "penis" as "penoi".

#idk as a grammatical anarchist it's funny (via @kintatsujo)

Going to start annoying the grammatical anarchists by framing a prescriptivist argument for the correctness of "penoi".