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Line 21: This is not on the community, but the Latin translations here are terrible. Manus Domini is how you would say Hands of the Master (Lord) [http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:manus], Manei is not how you decline hands. This is not on the community, but the Latin translations here are terrible. Manus Domini is how you would say Hands of the Master (Lord) [http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:manus], Manei is not how you decline hands. − Also, Manei Atrocis does not mean bloody hands (if manei meant hands), it means hands of barbarism (the word can imply bloody, as a barbarian horde sacking a city was a terrible and bloody atrocity, but its meaning is not tied to the blood in a bad event as much as it is the barbarism). If you wanted to say bloody hands in this same format it would be Manus Sanguinis (hands of blood) or Sanguinum Manus (bloody hands). + Also, Manei Atrocis does not mean bloody hands, it means hands of barbarism (the word can imply bloody, as a barbarian horde sacking a city was a terrible and bloody atrocity, but its meaning is not tied to the blood in a bad event as much as it is the barbarism). If you wanted to say bloody hands in this same format it would be Manus Sanguinis (hands of blood) or Sanguinum Manus (bloody hands). − Somebody at FASA failed highschool latin. [[User:Cato Zilks|Cato Zilks]] ([[User talk:Cato Zilks|talk]]) 19:27, 8 April 2018 (EDT) + Somebody at FASA failed highschool latin. − − :Can't be helped. They've already had it "pointed out" to them on the BattleTech forums. I do seem to recall that the Pig Latin was even canonically pointed out in-universe. Something along the lines of, "Had you mentioned Manei Domini back in 3025 you'd just have earned weird looks and remarks about your bad latin." [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] ([[User talk:Frabby|talk]]) 02:58, 10 April 2018 (EDT)
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This is not on the community, but the Latin translations here are terrible. Manus Domini is how you would say Hands of the Master (Lord) [http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:manus], Manei is not how you decline hands. | This is not on the community, but the Latin translations here are terrible. Manus Domini is how you would say Hands of the Master (Lord) [http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:manus], Manei is not how you decline hands. | ||
| − | Also, Manei Atrocis does not mean bloody hands | + | Also, Manei Atrocis does not mean bloody hands, it means hands of barbarism (the word can imply bloody, as a barbarian horde sacking a city was a terrible and bloody atrocity, but its meaning is not tied to the blood in a bad event as much as it is the barbarism). If you wanted to say bloody hands in this same format it would be Manus Sanguinis (hands of blood) or Sanguinum Manus (bloody hands). |
| − | Somebody at FASA failed highschool latin. | + | Somebody at FASA failed highschool latin. |
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