Tattoo Times flies. Live, love and learn.

[Horus83]

Hi all,

Thanks in advance for any help or feedback. I'm looking at getting a tattoo but am unsure about the correct phrasing/spelling.

I'm getting a watch face and want the script to say "Time flies. Live, love and learn."

What I have so far is "Tempus fugit. Vivere, amare et discere."

Can anyone confirm or correct this please?

Thank you again.

 

[Issacus Divus]

It should be Tempus fugit. Vive, ama, et disce.

 

[Pacifica]

Hi,

Tempus fugit is correct, but the rest not quite. That should be vive, ama, disce. Of course, the alliteration of the English is lost in translation.

 

[Pacifica]

It should be "Tempus digit. Vive, ama, et disce".

Digit??? You mean fugit.


Et is rarely used between the last two items of a list. It's usually either repeated (vive et ama et disce) or dropped altogether (vive, ama, disce). The latter option sounds better to me here.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Ok then, just without the et.

 

[Pacifica]

Did autocorrect play a trick on you?

 

[Issacus Divus]

Yes.

 

[Pacifica]

I'm glad there's no autocorrect on my PC. It seems like an annoying thing.

 

[Horus83]

Thank you both so much. I'm glad I checked.

 

[Issacus Divus]

It sucks. I use eight different language keyboards daily, which doesn't help.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Thank you both so much. I'm glad I checked.

You're welcome, and what Pacifica suggested is better.

 

[Horus83]

Thanks again. The tattoo turned out great!

Can anyone help with phonetic pronunciation of Vive, Ama, Disce so I don't sound like a complete fool when people ask about it?

Also can I post pics here if anyone wants to see how it turned out?

 

[Issacus Divus]

You can post pics here: THREAD: the-picture-thread

Classical Latin pronounciation would be "weeweh, amah, deeskeh." (Perhaps someone else can describe it better.)

 

[Horus83]

Yup can post pics here: THREAD: the-picture-thread

Classical Latin pronounciation would be "weeweh, amah, deeskeh." (Perhaps someone else can describe it better.

Thank you again. That helps