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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Nominative and accusative plural of the Latin noun alumnus.
    Alumnus poeta at nauta est.
    Mr Dunsby, Wath Grammar School, 1967.
     
    Mr Badger, Mar 28, 2022
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    Closely related to Mr Tumnus.
     
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    are these not the guys secretly running the world?
     
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    You must have been in form 10 or 11, the rest of us thickos in forms 12 to 16 didn't study the essentials like Latin....
     
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    Dunsby was my form teacher for 3 years, form 30, 40 and 50. We shared a mutual hatred.
     
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    Was his first name Barnby?
     
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    Haha. I did Latin too at Holgate (ex Grammar) School between years 1976-78.
    Teacher was a Mr Rick Nelson.
    Don't ask me to quote any though....
     
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    Didcot Red Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately not. He was tall and thin and christened “Daddy Longlegs”.
     
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    No, that's Derby County
     
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    Barnaby Dunn that`s that young lad on his first stretch inside.
     
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    What years were you there mate? I started in 1967 same as Badger.
     
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    I'm fairly sure that the accusative plural is "alumnos". The vocative plural, like the nominative, is "alumni". And should "at" not be "et" (=and)? The old boy is a poet and a sailor.
     
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    I think we have been here before. I was there from 63-70.
    I was earmarked for the languages form to make up the numbers. Most in form 30 did 2 modern languages plus Latin. I did French and Latin plus Economic and Public Affairs (Mr. Dobell).

    I know you from the Old Wathonians FB page from where you ought to be able to identify me.

    My evidence is conclusive. Failed both languages at O level.
     
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    Anymore famous Alumni’s,I can only think of Joanna Alumni
     
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    Fortita Occupa Portam,Holgate 1965 is the only latin i did.:)
     
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    Sorry mate but my memory has failed me again....
     
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    I HATE YOU !!!!
    You are correct with "alumnos". I was trying to be clever ... but failed.
    The "at" was me not checking spell check. Of course it is "et".

    Alumnus
    Alumnus
    Alumnum
    Alumni
    Alumno
    Alumno

    Alumni
    Alumni
    Alumnos
    Alumnorum
    Alumnis
    Alumnis

    That's my punishment from Mr Dunsby.
    Could be wrong of course.
     
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    Don't worry! I sometimes try to be clever, and not always successfully.
     
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    It's "fortiter" (bravely). I did Latin O-level at Holgate. " Fortiter occupa portam" (Bravely hold the gate) were the first three words of the school song, and they appeared on the school badge.
     
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    one punishment I received from Dunsby after a particularly poor result in a vocabulary test was to write out the Latin and English of every word I got wrong 100 times. I think I scored 6 out of 20. I managed to do it, with my mother’s help.

    Why the put me in a languages form still mystifies me.

    What went wrong there?
     
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