Monday 1 April 2013

Tweetum facit

Pope Benedict's tweet in Latin inspired me to write a very short letter to three newspapers.  Unfortunately, none of them saw fit to publish it.  Anyway, the dead tree press' loss is the internet's gain, as here is the letter.

Salve,

Et in lingua Latina Pontifex tweetum facit.  Vivat lingua nobilissima.

Vale,

Naturally, Latin translations of Twitter and tweet are not easy to find, so I had to make one up myself.  tweetum is a tweet, and facit means he makes or does.  Thus tweetum facit means he makes a tweet, or more simplyt he tweets.

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