Latin for All Occasions: From Cocktail-Party Banter to Climbing the Corporate Ladder to Online Dating-- Everything You'll Ever Need to Say in P
(Book #1 in the Latin for All Occasions Series)
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Book Overview
With more than 200,000 copies in print, Latin for All Occasions and its follow-up, Latin for Even More Occasions , have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero. Impress your boss with Occupational Latin (Lingua Latina Occupationi); sell your product with Sales Latin (Lingua Latina Mercatoria); flirt with your classics professor with Sensual Latin (Lingua Latina Libidinosa); look like the hipster you are with Pop-Cultural Latin (Lingua Latina Popularis); survive the holidays with Familial Latin (Lingua Latina Domestica) and Celebrational Latin (Lingua Latina Festiva). It's all here, whether you're a student of the language or just want to talk like one. From cocktail-party banter to climbing the corporate ladder to online dating, Latin for All Occasions features dozens of handy sections, including Las Vegas Latin, Latin for Golfers, Latin for Breakups, Latin for the Politically Correct, and much, much more. In one easy-to-use volume, National Lampoon founder Henry Beard presents hundreds of listings rendered in grammatically accurate classical Latin, with a foolproof pronunciation guide. Who says Latin is a dead language? From the comic genius who brought us X-Treme Latin comes Latin for All Occasions , guaranteed to help readers delight their friends, insult their enemies, and elevate the public discourse.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1592400809
ISBN13:9781592400805
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Avery Publishing Group
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.42 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 4.9" x 7.6"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Ubi, ubi est mea sub ubi
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I have never written a book review before I've finished a book but this one has had me in stitches since I opened the front cover. After seeing it on the shelf of my local bookstore I picked it up and "Latin for all Occasions" has made my day. Where else can one read lines like "Prehende uxorem meam, sis!" ("Take my wife, please!") or "Braccae tuae hiant" ("Your fly is open"). For those who have studied Latin or who simply have an appreciation for it, this book is for you. As for me, "Velim sumere Mariam Sanguinariam, sis" ("I'll have a Bloody Mary, please").
Illud iterum dicere potes!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This wonderful little book was presented to me many years ago after I had completed a Latin seminar. It was a wonderful gift, and I have found much use for the various phrases, and an extraordinary amount of humour that can be derived from the blandest of statements when translated into Latin. For example, the innocuous phrase 'Darn! There goes my beeper!' becomes quite funny in Latin:Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat!One has visions of Caesar fumbling through his tunic for some beeping object.So, if you need a little Latin on the golf course (Alterum ictum faciam); on the tennis court (minime latum!), at the beach when spotting a shark (Pistrix! Pistrix!), or you just need to say Illud Latine dici non potest (you can't say that in Latin), you'll be prepared with this volume. It even comes with a section on what to say when at the Vatican (where it might truly come in handy). For instance you might need to say 'Ubi possum potiri petasi similis isti?' when passing a cardinal or nun (translation: Where can I get a hat like that?).So, don't waste your time on watching reruns of Insula Gilliganis or game shows such as Periculum and Rota Fortunae -- pick up this book today, and merge the worlds past and present.Die dulci fruere. (Have a nice day.)
Cicero would have hated this book . . .
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
. . . but that's only because the common rabble would have loved it! Henry Beard has given the Latin enthusiast (and aspiring perennial pest) a laugh-a-minute phrasebook that tells you how to say just about everything from "Darn! There goes my beeper!" to "I'll have a hamburger, French Fries, and a thick shake." The entries are all conveniently sorted out into twelve categories -- separated by some really funny drawings -- such as "Lingua Latina Conlocutioni" (Conversational Latin) and "Lingua Latina Vitae Communi" (Social Latin), which makes finding the perfect greeting, or insult, a lot easier. There's even a handy little pronunciation guide so you'd be able to say what you want in perfect Latin. So the next time you find yourself in ancient Rome, be ready to beat the loquacious Cicero down with some good old-fashioned small talk by having a copy of "Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus" tucked somewhere in your toga!
Very funny
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a rather unusual book, with all manner of everyday and bizarre sayings nicely translated into Latin for your amusement/education/use at a dinner party. Just as with his very funny "French for Cats", the real humour lies in the really odd things he has taken the time to translate - things like "I believe that Elvis is still alive".It is a good fun coffee table book, and a must for any serious collector of great humour books.
Play "Gotcha" with people you know...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I have both books of Latin for all Occasions...I dearly love them. Last Christmas I memorized a phrase..and at the annual staff gathering at our parish I hit our priest with a phrase. He looked puzzled and by then everyone was listening intentively to the explanation of what I had muttered....He asked what it was, he couldn't get one of the words....I told him then, pulling myself up to my full 5'1/2" tall heighth to his 6'4" heighth.... "Just what are porkbellies!" He roared, and so did the others...so, I have good things to say about these books. They can spread cheer, as well as educate. I think they are fantastic and need to be on everyone's bookshelves that enjoy the romance languages, and: cheering up this sometimes dreary "too realistic" world we live in.
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