08-20-2007, 09:33 PM
...I think you are right, Lisa.
Our word 'veteran' is taken direct from the Latin, and just as 'veteran' in English can mean 'experienced soldier still serving', or alternately 'former soldier', depending on the context, I'd be willing to bet it was the same in the Latin original.
Our word 'veteran' is taken direct from the Latin, and just as 'veteran' in English can mean 'experienced soldier still serving', or alternately 'former soldier', depending on the context, I'd be willing to bet it was the same in the Latin original.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
