J. Teske wrote:

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:55:52 GMT, Richard Clark
wrote:


On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:50:04 -0500, J. Teske
wrote:

Illegitimi noncarborundum

It is Non Illegitimus Carborundum


Not if you have more than one *******! -us ending = singular.

"Non" refers to the verb and must be next to it, otherwise you have a
Latin equivalent of a split infinitive and we must always try to never
split infinitives. According to scholars the version you cited
(which admittedly is more often seen) came about when posters were
published years ago for comsumption by engineers and written by
engineers who should have stuck to Pig Latin...in which case it would
be:

Ontday etlay hetay astardsbay rindgay ouyay ownday. :-)


I cana beata neone ina gama dominos.

- Mike KB3EIA -