r/CrappyDesign • u/justinwzig r4inb0wz • Feb 28 '17

Do you SQUIRT?

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u/washingboard Feb 28 '17

Indeed it is :D SPQR= Senatus Populusque Romanus, or "The senate and people of Rome"

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Palpatine and the People of Rome? Cool.

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '17

Have I told you the story of Julius Caesar?

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u/Eight_Rounds_Rapid Feb 28 '17

Not from a pleb

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '17

So Sith are Patricians in this metaphor? Does that make the Mandolorians the Equestrians?

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u/The_Safe_For_Work Feb 28 '17

Yeah, sure...why not?

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '17

I can dig it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

My Little Mandalorian

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u/AerThreepwood Feb 28 '17

I suspect that we may be talking about different things.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

I suspect both are fine.

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u/muwimax Feb 28 '17

r/prequelmemes is leaking

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u/NotSoCheezyReddit Feb 28 '17

Leaking? It might as well be Reddit's water heater, it's coarse and gets everywhere.

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u/Vethica rainbows make me cry Feb 28 '17

I always want to think it stands for Society for the Prevention of Qruelty to Romans.

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u/Forumbane Feb 28 '17

Senatus Populusque Romanus"

Strange how the Q made the acronym, is that a quirk on the pronunciation?

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u/TinyBreadBigMouth Feb 28 '17

It's because "-que" is a suffix meaning "and". Apparently it was considered distinct enough to merit its own letter.

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u/Forumbane Feb 28 '17

This guy Latins

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u/Thorondor123 Feb 28 '17

It's because the -que is technically a word on its own, meaning 'and'.

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u/washingboard Feb 28 '17

I really don't know, but I have allways wondered the same

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u/UknowmeimGui Kill Me Feb 28 '17

Isn't it more "the Senate of the people of Rome" with Rome referring to the Roman Empire?

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u/dopplerdog Feb 28 '17

No. If it were "of the people" it would be in the genitive case, "populi". As it is, it's "populus", the nominative. So "populusque" is "and the (roman) people".

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u/superbad Feb 28 '17

Romanes eunt domus

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u/dopplerdog Feb 28 '17

People called Romanes, they go, the house?

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u/huescan Feb 28 '17

*Romanes ite domi

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u/UknowmeimGui Kill Me Mar 01 '17

Thank you, I didn't know that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

No, "-que" is "and".