#classics problems

[molassified-minipak]

i am unreasonably upset that this century-old foreign-language book series has not been conveniently translated and reprinted and sold locally in its entirety for my ease of ownership

[annakomnenou]

When I tell people I have degrees in classics, archaeology and museum studies some of the reactions I get are:

-OMG so you’re like Indiana Jones? -Classics? As in classic literature, like the Scarlett Letter? (another variation is asking if I mean classical music). -Have you read The Secret History (and I know they don’t mean Procopius)? Are classicists still so elitist and cult-ish? -I wanted to be an archaeologist as a kid. -So you, like, read Greek? -Can you recite Homer? -Can you speak Latin? -Have you ever found human bones? -What’s the coolest thing you’ve found? -So you want to work in a museum? -You can make money selling stuff, like at a gallery or auction house. -WhAt CAN yoU DO wIth YoUr dEgrEes?

Pickup Lines

- Are you an archaeologist? because I've got a bone I’d like you to examine. - You’re the real life Lara Croft. - Archaeologists are all about dating, right? - I dig you. - If I could re-arrange the Greek Alphabet I’d put Upsilon and Iota together. - Something about their labyrinth, or sword. - Calling me Helen, Aphrodite, or any Greek goddess/mythological persona they’re familiar with.

[terpsikeraunos]

for a terrible moment i thought i’d have to rely on a facsimile of a byzantine manuscript to study this work in the original language, since it appeared that no one cared to publish the greek text post the invention of the printing press, but thank god, there is an 1821 latin translation that includes it

[rex-sidereus]

[10-dutchies-12-bicycles]

my computer: would you like to translate this site?

me: it's english??

my computer: alright let me give you two options

my computer: translate this from spanish

my computer: or don't translate this site ever

me:

me:

me: what the hell dude

me: that's not spanish it's latin

[terpsikeraunos]

autocorrect, i know you’re trying to help, but you don’t know latin

[terpsikeraunos]

constantly googling words to find out if they already exist or i just made them up

[terpsikeraunos]

i managed to put so much latin in a word document that the spellchecker stopped showing the red lines because there were too many “errors”...i didn’t know that was possible...