#latin prof

[ciceroisatwink]

So today my latin prof got tired of the class mispronuncing the words so every time someone made the same mistake over and over he got his pen and made a big thing out of writing up their ”retracted points” and he was smiling while he did it, kind of like he was joking but his eyes were filled with murder and utter disgust. Like:

”One of you damn plebes fucking say it wrong one more time I swear by almighty Jupiter I will yeet you out of this fucking classroom so fast”

[fisherkings]

things my latin prof has said or done in the week and a half he's been teaching me

"i'm half english and I've been atoning for it for most of my life"

[in response for someone asking him to give an example of declining the noun "buca" (inside of the cheek or slang for prostitute) and what that would mean in english] "i...what can i say about this one? you know i actually can't say anything about this one. you guys can figure that out yourself."

when teaching us about how word order can indicate importance he said that "sometimes it matters more that the lays potato chips are potato chips. and sometimes it matters more that they're lays. depending on your brand association" and offered no further explanation

spent ten minutes waxing about how much he wanted a gin and tonic at 10 am in the morning

"if i were to say that someone robs one of you, it'd be _____. if i were to say someone robs all of you, like the bursar at this school, id say ______."

told us we were going to celebrate saturnalia but gifts had to be under five dollars because we're all "poor students or impoverished professors"

dropped a toonie and exclaimed "oh no! my life savings!"

[when asked if he was going to tell us about the other stem vowels] "hm. no." offered no explanation why.