Happy New Year!

Question. Why do we say "Happy NEW Year"? Why don't we say "Happy New YEAR"? The first sounds like "happy holiday", the second like "happy year", doesn't it?

Hm...

They've been threatening to tear this down since just about forever. Or make it a historical landmark, whatever. I'm actually seriously wondering how much it'd cost to just buy the damn thing and fix it to livability. Not that I would ever do that, but... well, if I ever won the lottery, maybe. What do you think? And does anybody think they can make me an icon of the castle?

Latin has this really cool feature.

If you want to make a question, you tack -ne to the important question word. So "Annane Mariam occidit" is me asking if it was Anna who killed Mary, while "Mariamne Anna occidit" is me asking if it was Mary whom Anna killed.

You can also make rhetorical questions in a way that makes them stunningly obvious. Nonne (not ne) expects a yes, num expects a no. (And of course, we all remember that after si, nisi, num and ne, all the alis drop away. I swear I will go desecrate the grave of the person who first thought that jingle up.)

I'm going to start using these in English. They're too good to leave to the dead.

Edit: Now I know what yuki was saying. This'll teach me to type Latin in the dead of the morning. *fixes second sentence*

You know that bit about i before e except after c?

Or when sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh?

Yeah, that's a lie. Or not really a lie, just not as all-encompassing as it should be. I'd suggest reforming the alphabet again, but nobody ever really goes for that, and it's too hard anyway.

Question!

Has anybody ever considered compiling the most interesting/insightful/funny LJ posts and, with the authors' permission, printing a book? Or... um... something?

Yes, I *am* very bored, how did you guess? There's a Monk marathon on, but I don't like the episode that's playing now.

Okay. Let's say I go on that theme...

Can people start linking to funny/insightful/otherwise important LJ posts mihi? Danke.

This isn't metaquotes, though - more than just a tidbit has to be worthwhile.

For lizziey, mainly.

Scroll down, they have a bit about the cottage you like so much.

The magnificent building on Cebra Avenue west of Ward is just the last remnant of a much larger estate. It was originally the gatehouse and was beautifully Tudor-ified by James Pietsch in 1927.

Interesting....