tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post2214764216051794336..comments2024-03-28T22:37:25.540+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Learn Latin, or play BingoEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-36377799030065210232013-03-09T20:55:34.261+00:002013-03-09T20:55:34.261+00:00Well done eccles - I saw a tweet to the Dame sayin...Well done eccles - I saw a tweet to the Dame sayin you was rite xx Jess xxJessica Hoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336601507234428836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-76231270161864503462013-03-09T04:01:57.366+00:002013-03-09T04:01:57.366+00:00In this week's Damian Bingo I get:
1 point fo...In this week's Damian Bingo I get:<br /><br />1 point for a plug of the Fix, <br />1 point for a joke about the Lib Dems, <br />maybe 1/2 a point because he screams at Peter Hitchens (I saw this coming, and should add "Mail on Sunday" to "Guardian or Independent"); <br />but he's listening to Bruckner not Bach this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-66436022657921812362013-03-05T15:54:27.238+00:002013-03-05T15:54:27.238+00:00Has Toad an opinion on this? As a Bufo, he is two-...Has Toad an opinion on this? As a Bufo, he is two-thirds of the way to Lofty status. jadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630935810012897371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-69221980009159851522013-03-05T00:16:21.331+00:002013-03-05T00:16:21.331+00:00And if it were 4th declension, most of the other f...And if it were 4th declension, most of the other forms would be wrong.Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-7308444406288261652013-03-04T23:39:15.777+00:002013-03-04T23:39:15.777+00:00Well it would be if Loftus were 4th declension, bu...Well it would be if Loftus were 4th declension, but here it is taken to be 2nd declension. See, e.g., http://www.math.osu.edu/~conrad.44/lang/ln2.html<br /><br />If anyone offers you a Loftus, decline it poilitely.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-13526002000277748382013-03-04T21:37:58.090+00:002013-03-04T21:37:58.090+00:00Er Eccles, wouldn't the Dative Plural be '...Er Eccles, wouldn't the Dative Plural be <i>'Loftibus'</i>...?<br /><br />As in:<br /><br /><i>De loftibus non est disputandum</i>GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-28230175783494544292013-03-04T07:35:22.259+00:002013-03-04T07:35:22.259+00:00Hurrah - what a feast, darling eccles- housey hous...Hurrah - what a feast, darling eccles- housey house with the Dame - what fun xx JessJessica Hoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336601507234428836noreply@blogger.com