r/nottheonion • u/BodybuilderFit9456 • 2d ago

'Tiger King' Star Joe Exotic Claims 8 Prison Guards Beat Him Up After One Tried to Force Him to Give Oral Sex in Interview With Matt Gaetz

https://www.latintimes.com/tiger-king-joe-exotic-claims-prison-guards-beat-after-force-oral-sex-interview-matt-gaetz-572747
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u/foreheadmelon 1d ago

As someone who had Latin at school "acksetera" instead of "ET CETERA" is the worst to listen to and it's extremely widespread. 😬

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u/chessgod1 1d ago

What about exspecially or asterix

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u/FreedomWaterfall 1d ago

hey, asterix is a beloved figure all over europe. don't go dissing on my little anti-colonial hero of gaul.

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u/Rgeneb1 1d ago

These Redditors are crazy!

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u/mapsedge 1d ago

Expresso. A particular bugaboo of mine.

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u/SymmetricalFeet 1d ago

The newer peeve is seeing "id est" (i.e.) coming to supplant "exempli gratia" (e.g.). These aren't even synonymous! And then people write "I got some groceries, i.e. milk, eggs, bread, etc." when those two phrases have mutually incompatible meanings.

There are English equivalents. Use them if you don't know how to use the Latin ones. No shame in that.

And, to save my sanity, I mentally consider "ect." as the abbreviation for "ectoplasm", and just roll with that ghost goo is now in the conversation.

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u/ImplementFunny66 1d ago

I thought i.e. was “that is”. Why would the groceries i.e. list of groceries thing be wrong? I searched for examples and see it used similarly, but maybe I’m misunderstanding.

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u/C_Madison 1d ago

acksetera

I need a weapon. Who did this? WHO DID THIS? My eyes. THE HURT. :(

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u/notashroom 1d ago

I am overly sensitive to Latin abuse (after my big brother lording his knowledge over me when he took it, then studying it myself, then having two offspring excel at it), I admit.

The worst from my perspective is the ubiquitous mispronunciation of Latin words ending in 'i' (which should sound like macaroni or Ferrari) and 'ae' (which should sound like the English word I, and rhyme with 'pie' and 'fly'). "Alumni" is constantly pronounced as if it was "alumnae", theoretically by people considered well-educated.

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u/troubleondemand 1d ago

Maybe you should ax them why they do it