Transmittere me ... Caldedoni!

As seen above the door to the Plane-arium on 9/2:

Beam me up, Scotty! In Latin.

AJB, Esq. wrote:

How do you translate "Scotty" into Latin?

"Caledonius" means "Scotsman", and "Scotty" is in the vocative tense.

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"Uh, okay, but ya only got 5 minutes. This place is turning into a Starbucks."

" Ahhh, There's nothing like a cigarette... unless it's a cigarette lit with a $100 bill!"

Unfortunately, "transmittere" is an infinitive, not an imperative..."Beam me up!" would have to be "transmitte"

Adam C. Komisaruk said...

I thought the archway read: Me transmitte [somethingorother], Caledoni!

If anyone's got the third word there, I'd be most appreciative!!

Tirya

On 6 Sep 1998 02:33:07 GMT, [email] wrote:

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

biohazard said...

Thanks a ton!!

Tirya

Oops, I mean case, not tense.

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"Uh, okay, but ya only got 5 minutes. This place is turning into a Starbucks."

" Ahhh, There's nothing like a cigarette... unless it's a cigarette lit with a $100 bill!"

I use the word scott. Similar enough -me