david silver

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

The word would be aureus in latin.

Nice try though.

Surely aureus is the plural of aurei which means golden.
I could be wrong. All a bit rusty now.

It's roughly 15 years since I've last "used" latin.

I remember this though

Bellum
Bellum
Belli

Bellos
Bellorum
Bellis

Bellis

Pink Panther theme tune hummed by Roman soldier ?

HAHA

Something like that!

[Tokyo Blue]

It's roughly 15 years since I've last "used" latin.

I remember this though

Bellum
Bellum
Belli

Bellos
Bellorum
Bellis

Bellis

It's good NQDP but it's not right.

bellum
bellum
belli
bello
bello

bella
bella
bellorum
bellis
bellis

Now write it out 100 times. And if it isn't done before morning, I'll cut your balls off.

[Tokyo Blue]

pmsl at Ted.

[Fullartj]

.....and it's Hi-Ho David Silva and away he goes!

[Chinners]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

The word would be aureus in latin.

Nice try though.

Surely aureus is the plural of aurei which means golden.
I could be wrong. All a bit rusty now.

Gold doesn't rust ....

[Alioune DVToure]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

[johnny crossan]

.....and it's Hi-Ho David Silva and away he goes!

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[bluesbrother]

I know his brother Long John

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

It's roughly 15 years since I've last "used" latin.

I remember this though

Bellum
Bellum
Belli

Bellos
Bellorum
Bellis

Bellis

It's good NQDP but it's not right.

bellum
bellum
belli
bello
bello

bella
bella
bellorum
bellis
bellis

Now write it out 100 times. And if it isn't done before morning, I'll cut your balls off.

I couldn't even get that right. My latin teacher muct be spinning in his grave.

[Ted Hughes]

At least you had a latin teacher. I've had to struggle through life without one.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

Selva is used to describe a jungle...Bosque is used to describe woodlands or a forest.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

At least you had a latin teacher. I've had to struggle through life without one.

I feel for you. Having to learn something like latin, essential part of every day life, on your own.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

Selva is used to describe a jungle...Bosque is used to describe woodlands or a forest.

Going to call him Jungle Dave from now on.

[Alioune DVToure]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

Selva is used to describe a jungle...Bosque is used to describe woodlands or a forest.

Maybe in SA Spanish, but not according to its original peninsular meaning. Bosque = forest, selva= woodland. There are no jungles in Spain or Rome, don't forget! 'Jungle' is always 'jungla' in peninsular Spanish.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

Selva is used to describe a jungle...Bosque is used to describe woodlands or a forest.

Maybe in SA Spanish, but not according to its original peninsular meaning. Bosque = forest, selva= woodland. There are no jungles in Spain or Rome, don't forget! 'Jungle' is always 'jungla' in peninsular Spanish.

You have a valid point.

[Alioune DVToure]

Universal name for gold, think it's latin or spanish.
Gold/silver.
Oh, I give up!

You're not far off. Gold in Spanish is 'oro', but golden is 'áureo/a'.

For people into Latin, 'Silva' means 'woodland' ('selva' in Spanish). So Silva's name in English is David Woods rather than David Silver.

Selva is used to describe a jungle...Bosque is used to describe woodlands or a forest.

Maybe in SA Spanish, but not according to its original peninsular meaning. Bosque = forest, selva= woodland. There are no jungles in Spain or Rome, don't forget! 'Jungle' is always 'jungla' in peninsular Spanish.

You have a valid point.

I'm glad you mentioned it in any case coz I'd never seen 'selva' used to mean jungle. I suppose it makes sense though as technically it means 'wooded area', which a jungle also is.

[Slim]

There are no jungles in England either, but we still have a word for it.

Unless than wasn't your point.

[ant london]

Very amusing thread.....somehow I couldn't imagine this exchange on B Mong!

[Alioune DVToure]

There are no jungles in England either, but we still have a word for it.

Unless than wasn't your point.

The point is that when the classical Latin 'silva' evolved into the vulgar Latin/Spanish 'selva', nobody using the word will have known what a jungle was. Therefore, it referred to a non-Tropical woods/wooded expanse by default. The English word 'jungle' and the Spanish word 'jungla' aren't Latin in origin. They're early modern words derived from the Hindi 'jangal'. Presumably, 'selva' and 'jungla' are used interchangeably in Latin America because the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Spanish settlers used the term 'selva' for want of a better, more specific classification.

[Slim]

There are no jungles in England either, but we still have a word for it.

Unless than wasn't your point.

The point is that when the classical Latin 'silva' evolved into the vulgar Latin/Spanish 'selva', nobody using the word will have known what a jungle was. Therefore, it referred to a non-Tropical woods/wooded expanse by default. The English word 'jungle' and the Spanish word 'jungla' aren't Latin in origin. They're early modern words derived from the Hindi 'jangal'. Presumably, 'selva' and 'jangla' are used interchangeably in Latin America because the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Spanish settlers used the term 'selva' for want of a better, more specific classification.

Well aren't you smarter than the average bear.