02-25-2005, 09:22 AM
<em>Imagine facing a phalanx of Greek hoplites shouting what would sound like, "I, I, I Paian" as they crfushed into you!</em><br>
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I am now in fact haunted by an image of a bunch of legionaries (Coolus helmets aslant) jabbing their pinkies and index fingers at me shouting 'Yo! Yo! Yo!'* in what I assume we would have to call the Barritus Rap. Just put it down to exhaustion...<br>
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*The 'I' in Io is of course consonantal in Latin so would have sounded something like 'Y' to us.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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I am now in fact haunted by an image of a bunch of legionaries (Coolus helmets aslant) jabbing their pinkies and index fingers at me shouting 'Yo! Yo! Yo!'* in what I assume we would have to call the Barritus Rap. Just put it down to exhaustion...<br>
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*The 'I' in Io is of course consonantal in Latin so would have sounded something like 'Y' to us.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
