NationStates Jolt Archive

I wanted to creat a sort of figure of speech to call a source true or false.

What I got is verus factum and fictus factum. My Latin dictionary had:
true=verus
false=fictus
fact=factum

It would be saying true fact or false fact, but in Latin.

Question: Is this correct?

I don't really care because I'm already used to using it in the first hour of creation.

If you came here just to browse, start using my two phrases so it becomes a part of English or at least Urban English.

PS: I don't take Latin, but I still have a dictionary I bought. I was planning on creating a new language, but...

eg:
That article is verus factum.
That (geocities) website is fictus factum.

Yes, I believe that'd be correct... you just have to make sure your declensions match... i.e. verum factum, fictum factum.

My French teacher was right about Latin grammar I see...with the double -um, it sounds a bit bouncy.

It would be saying true fact or false fact, but in Latin.


Why not just stick to the latin form of the words 'true' and 'false', rather than entering the epistemologically shaky ground of 'false facts', given that a fact, pretty much by definition, is the truth?

Would MENDACIUM not do for 'falsehood' and VERUM not do for 'a truth'?

If you speak Latin you should understand why liberals are such sinister politicians

If you speak Latin you should understand why liberals are such sinister politicians

Is someone contractually obliged to post that every single time the subject of Latin comes up, or something?

Are you contractually obliged to post that every single time the subject of Latin comes up, or something?
Yes ^^

If you speak Latin

or if you go to dictionary.com and look up sinister:

... from Latin sinister, on the left, unlucky.