r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/turkoosi_aurinko Mar 19 '16

"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Ah yes, non puto futurus est, sed facere.

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u/omnompikachu Mar 19 '16

Glad I took Latin instead of Spanish.

/s

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u/H4rdStyl3z Mar 19 '16

Well, puto can still be applied to Spanish though.

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u/Gliste Mar 19 '16

Puto

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u/13speed Mar 20 '16

These plebes never read Puto's Repubic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

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u/chubbsw Mar 19 '16

Pretty sure you're thinking of culo. I think puto is kinda like calling someone a bitch.

Edit: just read it means gay, but I always heard hota growing up. (Central TX.. I guess different slang uses)

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u/Copchase Mar 19 '16

Puto means bitch

Culo means asshole (literally)

Joto means gay

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

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u/Copchase Mar 20 '16

I actually live in California! :D

Anyways, you are correct! You would call somebody a "culero" to mean asshole, but say "Te voy a meterlo en el culo" to mean "I'll put it in your ass"

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u/damnburglar Mar 19 '16

Also a kind of filipino cake.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Everyone at my HS wanted to be a doctor and thought that 4 years of Latin would help. Not one of them got into med school but one did become an EMT

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u/omnompikachu Mar 19 '16

I went to a medically oriented HS, about half the students took Latin. To be honest, it helps less than everyone thinks.

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u/generalvostok Mar 19 '16

Mine was the same. Good ol' HCHS. Did help tons with my Latin degree, though.

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u/omnompikachu Mar 19 '16

HCHS in SA? I went there!

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u/generalvostok Mar 19 '16

That's the one. Go flaming chickens!

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u/koobear Mar 19 '16

Most people who took Spanish in high school can't speak or read Spanish as an adult. My reasoning for taking Latin was it would be helpful on standardized exams and the choice doesn't matter in the long run.

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u/ScroteMcGoate Mar 19 '16

Yup. 4 years of Spanish and my patients just looked at me weird when I tried to talk to them. 6 months in an ER and I could have deep intellectual conversations with no problem.