I don't like this. "applaud-o-meter" is a very silly phrase and the Latin is completely serious and standard Latin.Ea palmam feret cui plurimum erit plausum.
I don't like this. "applaud-o-meter" is a very silly phrase and the Latin is completely serious and standard Latin.
The thing exists, though apparently not usually called exactly that. Is it really that humorous?I don't like this. "applaud-o-meter" is a very silly phrase and the Latin is completely serious and standard Latin.
I mean "-o-meter" applied to something like that is kind of silly to begin with, and the Wiki article you linked to suggests that the "clap-o-meter" is usually humorous anyway ("They are often regarded as a novelty or item of amusement"; "'The clap-o-meter is just for fun!'", etc.)The thing exists, though apparently not usually called exactly that. Is it really that humorous?
The same can be said for "-rama" and "-o-vision." Funnily enough, both suffices refer to sight.I mean "-o-meter" applied to something like that is kind of silly to begin with, and the Wiki article you linked to suggests that the "clap-o-meter" is usually humorous anyway ("They are often regarded as a novelty or item of amusement"; "'The clap-o-meter is just for fun!'", etc.)
Saltem scire mihi videor, Carota, quid de ista, quam vocas, potione facere possimus:
I don't know if this cat can speak. Even if he can't, I'm hoping quam vocas can be taken in a figurative sort of way.
I suppose we could say:Carrot does not speak Human.