"Don't let the bastards get you down!" 1945

[Eric Nielsen]

Possibility: Illegitimis non carborundum est. Dative of agent (illegitimis)
used with the passive periphrastic (carborundum is a gerundive)
construction. At least that's how one of my Latin professors solved the
puzzle when I asked her about the more common variant, "Illegitimi non
carborundum"--which I just couldn't parse.

Eric

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

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> So what would the real Latin be?  Enquiring minds want to know.
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