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Re: Pathemata Mathemata
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Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:25:52 GMT
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I ran it through Babelfish, but it didn't make much sense - "plays its fact". A
basic search did not bring up a good translation within 30sec or so, so yes, I got
lazy (see my other thread about people making it too easy on the rest of us).
It was much simpler to find out what pathemata mathemata meant.
John wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > BTW, for those that were too stubborn/ignorant/lazy to look it up, typing
> > "pathemata mathemata" into the Location bar of Communicator gave the following
> > match in less than 1 second:
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> Personally, I tired after looking up "mote";-) Did you search my French line,
> or were *you* too lazy? :-)
>
> -John
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| (...) Not that it matters-- I was just tweaking you:-) The point was the humor of Rooney quoting French as he's about to (as far as he knows) bust Ferris. BTW, he himself translates for us: "The game is up". -John (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Pathemata Mathemata
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| (...) I believe there was a typo in the original sentence: "les jeux son faits" should translate to "the game is set" or "the bets are made". Frequent in Casinos, IIRC, when the roulette is spinned. Pedro (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Pathemata Mathemata
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| (...) I got (...) lol First, I don't know much French (though my kids speak it fluently)-- I was guessing at the spelling. The translation is Rooney's himself-- that it refers to gambling just adds to its humor:-) Thanks for the info, Pedro! -John (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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