Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing

[KitchenWitch]

elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit

[XemaSab]

1. Dingo

Dingas

Dingat

Dingamos

Dingatis

Dingant

[Lionel Mandrake]

8. Hmm. Your verb is slightly irregular.

The 1st. person plural would be "dingamus" if it were regular.

But that's okay.

You won't be dinged for making it irregular. ;)

[NYC_SKP]

2. Ahem. It's "dignissum", not "dignissim".

:P

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Body copy filler.

What's known as "lorem ipsum".

I took two yrs of Latin in high school but did not know what this stuff was.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I have a Lorem Ipsum generator for Firefox!

I know, I am a geek.

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. No wonder I couldn't make any sense out of it.

It's not really Latin. But it is derived, sort of, from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum:

Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

[rurallib]

18. IIRC real Latin was written without spaces between words.

Ergo, I refuse to translate until you write it the way they did in the good old days.

[Lionel Mandrake]

20. COGITOERGOSUM

THEREISTHATBETTER?

[rurallib]

22. renedescartes

[grace0418]

5. Graphic designers sure know what that is. Oddly enough, most people will say "just fill

that in with Greeking until we get the copy" when it's actually mutant Latin.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. -nt

[Rhythm]

11. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

[Jamastiene]

14. REDRUM! REDRUM!

:P

[Rhythm]

12. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

[Rhythm]

15. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

[SoDesuKa]

9. Translation of Lorem Ipsum

Here's a loose translation of the famous Lorem Ipsum:

If you vote for a Republican, it's your own fuckin' fault what happens . . .

[Lionel Mandrake]

10. If this were Latin ...

There is no "lorem" in Latin. But "lorum ipsum" could mean "the leather thong itself".

Cicero wrote "dolorem ipsum" (see post # 6), by which he meant "pain for its own sake".

[Jamastiene]

13. Nanu Nanu

:P

[Ivan Sputnik]

16. filler

When hell freezes over and done with all due respect yourself in a hole in my pocket full of baloney sandwich. Half a loaf is better than none of your business like show business as usual suspects at large or small world of difference. Between the devil and the deep blue sea shell of his former self service with a smile though your heart is breaking bread board of directors cut to the quick as a flash in the pan. An apple doesn't fall far from the tree of knowledge is power plant a garden state of mind over matter of fact check your coat of paint brush fire and ice storm warning sign up to give peace a chance of a snowball in hell.

[rug]

17. ETAOIN SHRDLU

[Manifestor_of_Light]

19. I think I'm full of shrdlu. Are you???

:rofl:

[Inchworm]

21. Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Alls I know.

Oh, and quid pro quo with Fava beans.

:D