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11/2/09 PHD comic: 'Mike's motto'
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham
www.phdcomics.com  title: "Mike's motto" - originally published 11/2/2009 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE! More... |
| Nov3-09, 12:11 AM | #2 |
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I think I'll adopt that motto for myself.
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| Nov5-09, 08:37 AM | #3 |
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Before I read the subtitles, I thought the last one had something to do with grad school lasting an Eternity.
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| Nov15-09, 06:54 AM | #4 |
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11/2/09 PHD comic: 'Mike's motto'
No, "veterni" does not mean "I took a nap" (or any form of sleep) … it isn't even a verb.
According to my Smith's Latin-English Dictionary (3rd edition), there is an adjective "veternosus" (lethargic, sleepy, drowsy, languid, spiritless), and a noun "veternus" (old age, lethargy, sleepiness, drowsiness, sluggishness, sloth), both derived from "vetus" (old), but no verb. "Veni vidi veterni" would mean "I came, I saw, of drowsiness" (or "Drowsy people! I came, I saw!") Seems that Jorge Cham has been caught napping! 
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| Nov15-09, 01:46 PM | #5 |
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 Or: I came! I saw! Old age! 
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