tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8471026410863851412..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Classic BorisNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-8648627154089389072008-08-22T21:52:00.000+01:002008-08-22T21:52:00.000+01:00I'm not too certain whether Latin will help Boris ...I'm not too certain whether Latin will help Boris in Beijing?<BR/><BR/>However I can confirm that CRI now broadcast in Esperanto.<BR/><BR/>This can be seen at http://esperanto.cri.cn/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28424870260758264502008-08-22T12:56:00.000+01:002008-08-22T12:56:00.000+01:00Untranslatable Susan... Roughly, Alas the fleeting...Untranslatable Susan... <BR/>Roughly, Alas the fleeting years pass away (Horace).Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-49489225530454940592008-08-22T12:38:00.000+01:002008-08-22T12:38:00.000+01:00Okay, okay, okay clever school boys. Ya gonna tran...Okay, okay, okay clever school boys. Ya gonna translate for the illiterate (read, lazy) American?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-70221768428789015502008-08-22T10:26:00.000+01:002008-08-22T10:26:00.000+01:00Eheu indeed!Eheu fugaces labuntur anni...Eheu indeed!<BR/>Eheu fugaces labuntur anni...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29819303374618684772008-08-22T10:10:00.000+01:002008-08-22T10:10:00.000+01:00TEMPORA MVTATNTVR ET NOS MVTAMVR IN ILLIS.EHEV!TEMPORA MVTATNTVR ET NOS MVTAMVR IN ILLIS.<BR/><BR/>EHEV!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24911794822840428952008-08-22T03:49:00.000+01:002008-08-22T03:49:00.000+01:00Ah yes, the glories of empire. If only Ezra Pound...Ah yes, the glories of empire. If only Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis had been running the show in Britain circa 1914...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41078322219007933392008-08-21T19:24:00.000+01:002008-08-21T19:24:00.000+01:00i don't normally advertise my wares, but i wrote a...i don't normally advertise my wares, but i wrote a homage to Boris:<BR/><BR/>http://elberry.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/why-boris-johnson-should-be-absolute-monarch/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-5442312482911366442008-08-21T14:51:00.000+01:002008-08-21T14:51:00.000+01:00If anybody asks, Nige, you've not seen me... Excel...If anybody asks, Nige, you've not seen me... <BR/><BR/>Excellent post, by the way.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-22888358451561002712008-08-21T14:19:00.000+01:002008-08-21T14:19:00.000+01:00Spot on Nige, enough damage has been done to this ...Spot on Nige, enough damage has been done to this poor old country of ours by the PPE brigade, even more if Milly Band takes control.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-6072801524502620922008-08-21T12:03:00.000+01:002008-08-21T12:03:00.000+01:00Yes - a surprising number of classicists in the pr...Yes - a surprising number of classicists in the print media, which must be a good thing. They used to be all over the Civil Service too, sending each other elegant memos peppered with Latin tags and classical allusions. Those days are long gone...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-42289593783445895472008-08-21T11:52:00.000+01:002008-08-21T11:52:00.000+01:00I give you Peter Stothard and Mary Beard. Those tw...I give you Peter Stothard and Mary Beard. Those two are brilliant and at least they're majorly influential at your most important news organ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com