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Sic semper tyrannus

• schoen 10y ago
  I think you want the dative "tyrannis" rather than nominative "tyrannus". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Second_declension_.28o_stems.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension#Second_declen...
  • jbigelow76 10y ago
    Or if you hunt dinosaurs, sic semper tyrannosaurus
  • Tomte 10y ago
    I obviously cannot tell what he meant, but in context I think that "tyrannus" makes more sense.
    • grzm 10y ago
      As opposed to the Latin expression? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_semper_tyrannis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_semper_tyrannis Legitimately asking. I'm not sure why it would be anything other than "Thus always to tyrants".
      • Tomte 10y ago
        Latin isn't a set of cast-in-stone strings of words. While sic semper tyrannis is very well known, sic semper tyrannus is also grammatical. "Rest in peace" is well known, but "Rest in pieces" is neither unhead of, nor wrong. It's a riff on a well known phrase. Same here: "Thus always (do) tyrants" As I said, I think it makes more sense here. I think he wanted to call the UK government tyrants, not the spied-upon people.
        • grzm 10y ago
          Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. I interpreted it more along the lines of the petition as a form of rebellion against the government, which I think would warrant sic temper tyrannis, correct? (Maybe the poster will weigh in and save us the trouble of deciphering his intent :)
  • angusp 10y ago
    Write it out 100 times before morning