Latin Phrase or wind-up?

woodwose | 00:19 Thu 01st Mar 2007 | Phrases & Sayings

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What on earth does "nils illegitimae carborundum" mean? Can anybody help please?

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Mac or Mc

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jno

it's fake Latin meaning 'don't let the ******** grind you down' - 'nil' for 'no', illegitimi' for illegitimate and 'carborundum', a grinding powder. Sounds Latin but isn't.

jno

sorry, obviously the asterisked word is bedsteads, or something similar.

JDOvengloves

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_ca rborundum

BigMac

And the last time this question came up, someone kindly posted the motto of the French Navy:

� l�eau; c�est l�heure

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