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Hello all,
I am replying to a post way back in 2006 where someone mentioned something about the movie Tombstone.
My kids love this movie so I see it more than I should. It stars several well known actors and is a good "Guy" movie.
Getting to the point, what does this have to do with latin?
There is a scene where a very intoxicated Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) is being confronted by Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn), one of the primary bad guys, in a saloon where Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) is the dealer behind a farrow table.
Holiday is very intoxicated and has just said something uncomplimentary about Ringo and Wyatt Earp tries to smooth things by saying "don't mind him he's just drunk". Then Holiday says under his breath as he takes a drink, "in vino veritas" and to his great surprise Ringo answers him in latin and then a short latin conversation ensues. Obviously, very few gunslingers (or anyone else) in the "old west" spoke latin.
I have always wanted to know the translation of the rest of this conversation. If anyone knows this I would love to hear it. Thanks
I am replying to a post way back in 2006 where someone mentioned something about the movie Tombstone.
My kids love this movie so I see it more than I should. It stars several well known actors and is a good "Guy" movie.
Getting to the point, what does this have to do with latin?
There is a scene where a very intoxicated Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer) is being confronted by Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn), one of the primary bad guys, in a saloon where Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) is the dealer behind a farrow table.
Holiday is very intoxicated and has just said something uncomplimentary about Ringo and Wyatt Earp tries to smooth things by saying "don't mind him he's just drunk". Then Holiday says under his breath as he takes a drink, "in vino veritas" and to his great surprise Ringo answers him in latin and then a short latin conversation ensues. Obviously, very few gunslingers (or anyone else) in the "old west" spoke latin.
I have always wanted to know the translation of the rest of this conversation. If anyone knows this I would love to hear it. Thanks