Handy Latain Phrases

[Plane]

Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.

Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.


Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est

The cheque is in the post


Braccae tuae aperiuntur

Your fly is open


Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt

When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults

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[Xavier_Onassis]

The Romans probably would not have understood the bits about flies or checks, since they had neither.

[Amianthus]

The Romans probably would not have understood the bits about flies or checks, since they had neither.

The Romans invented the check in about 352BC.

[Xavier_Onassis]

suuuuure they did. And the ATM shortly after.

Please.

[Plane]

The Romans probably would not have understood the bits about flies or checks, since they had neither.

No wonder Latin is a "dead" language , it would not be possible for two mechanics to discuss carberator adjustment in Latin .

[Amianthus]

suuuuure they did. And the ATM shortly after.

Nope, it took until the 20th century for the ATM. Checks did not become popular until the 1500s (Dutch banking made them popular), but the Romans knew what they were.

Oh yeah, so did the Persians (called Sakks).

[Plane]

You are telling me that a written promise of payment was never invented till 300 BC?


I had imagined this being much older.

[Amianthus]

You are telling me that a written promise of payment was never invented till 300 BC?

Don't confuse promissory notes (which were in use by traders much earlier) with the forerunners of checks.

[Plane]

You are telling me that a written promise of payment was never invented till 300 BC?

Don't confuse promissory notes (which were in use by traders much earlier) with the forerunners of checks.

I am confused , why or what is the distinction?

[Amianthus]

I am confused , why or what is the distinction?

Basically, the difference is who holds the money.

• The promissory note, which is a written promise by the maker to pay money to the payee. The most common type of primossory note is a bank note, which is defined as a promissory note made by a bank and payable to bearer on demand
• The bill of exchange, which is a written order by the drawer to the drawee to pay money to the payee. The most common type of bill of exchange is the check, which is defined as a bill of exchange drawn on a banker and payable on demand. Bills of exchange are used primarily in international trade, and are written orders by one person to pay another a specific sum on a specific date sometime in the future.