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...and Skitt's Law also strikes: sorry, I said "first five declensions" when I meant "first five grammatical cases." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%2
by quuxplusone 2y ago
...and Skitt's Law also strikes: sorry, I said "first five declensions" when I meant "first five grammatical cases."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
- quuxplusone 2y agoVery tardily returning to add that the same Latin textbook, a few pages earlier, gives these English translations for the six cases of the example noun causa, "cause": "A cause — of a cause — to or for a cause — a cause — O cause, or thou cause — with, by, from a cause." Compare to Alice's "A mouse — of a mouse — to a mouse — a mouse — O mouse!" [1] https://archive.org/details/bellumhelvetiumf00lowe/page/201 https://archive.org/details/bellumhelvetiumf00lowe/page/201