Life in Latin

DescriptionLatin holds the basic ingredients for all language, that's about it. I just wanted to try something other than poetry so this is a mini attempt at something different, comments of any sort accepted

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Felix and Tristis are passing through the Medius highway
They have seen a sign for Alicubi Primum and Nusquam

Felix           Looks good don't ya think
Tristis        Nah its probably miles and there wasn't even a direction or distance
Felix           Yeah but its nice out, we'll get there don't worry about it.
Tristis        I don't even know where Nusquam is.
Felix           I like the sound of the other place.

Felix and Tristis both awoke on the road.
To the left and to the right is desert.
The sun is shinig and its warm 
and a little cool breeze passes bye every now and then.

Felix          I think its a dream, all i can remember is going to sleep
Tristis       Its hell or limbo i don't remember anything but i know there was something
Felix          I feel fine but all i know is we are here, its nice and there was a sign
Tristis       I want to go back or wake up, except i don't know what or where i want to go back to.

Felix is 30, six foot tall well built nice even tight haircut, wearing
a pair of soft sandals and a pair of khaki shorts and a grey t-shirt
Tristis is also 30 he two is six foot tall but appears smaller because his
shoulders are dropped he's thin and is balding he looks older than Tristis.

Felix           I wonder where this road is going to lead i think its cool,
                   the expectation is exciting
Tristis        I just want to know what we're doing here.
                    Why am i dreaming and i think your who i wish i was
Felix           Just keep going we'll get there and don't worry
                    it will sort itself out in the end it always does
Tristis         Why is there no one else around or nothing else     
                    only us and the sand, the road and the sun.
Felix            The breeze is nice and hey just go with the flow there's nothing we can do
                    you can head into the desert if ya want i'll go with you, could be fun.
Tristis         Are you mad i can't see nothing out there only the horizon
                    we'd probably die of thirst or starve or something might bite us
Felix            we only have the road, there could be something out there that tells us something.
                    You never know unless you go, as the saying goes.
                    At least there is the two of us, imagine walking this road on your own.
Tristis       No way its bad enough we are here and we have no idea of anything
                   WHAT THE HELL IS THIS.

Comments

Felix & Tristis ( = "Happy" and "Sad") on a "Middle" road leading to ... should 'Nusquam' be "Numquam" ( = 'Never')??

Lots of potential for schoolboy puns and/or play on words.

Be careful with spellings - Latin is a very PRECISE language!

Caesar adsum iam forte

Brutus aderat

Sed Brutus "Passus sum"

 

LOL

 

 

 

THANKS PAUL THINK I GET RID OF THE LATIN THEN SINCE I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT I JUST TRANSLATED THE WORDS AND nUSQUAM CAME UP FOR NOWHERE IN THE TRANSLATOR(GOOGLE)

Anthony, Don't be too quick to 'get rid' of this, I think it could be a very funny way  to "parody" the way some people OVERuse grand-sounding phrases which ultimately mean nothing at all!

The 'dog latin' quote I scribbled at the enof my first post is just one example. It is absolute gibberish in Latin (though they are ALL genuine Latin words!) but say it aloud and  "think English" ..... !

Paul

Very Interesting Anthony

Thank you for sharing ;-D

thank you for commenting i have continued it since and will till i feel it runs out of steam, 

It's a great idea for a story Anthony, I especially like the reveal that Felix might just be Tristan's idealised self. I just think you need to pay a little closer attention to punctuation, as there are a couple of spots where I found myself having to re-read a line or two in order to mentally insert commas or full stops so the sentence would make sense.

Otherwise, great job.

thanks i;m not the best with my punctuation i;m not really sure of what to put where but i;ll work on it

thanks for taking time to read and comment

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