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THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US WHAT OUR SLOGAN “NOS FUMANT ALIQUID” MEANS. IT APPEARS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR REGISTER RECEIPTS, MENUS, STICKERS, AND OTHER EPHEMERA. ROUGHLY SPEAKING, IT TRANSLATES TO “ALWAYS SMOKING SOMETHING,” THOUGH THE LATIN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS A VERY EARLY VERSION OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE. BUT THE WORDS SOUND GOOD AND THE TRANSLATION IS PRETTY ACCURATE. TODAY I LOOKED IN AT THE LATIN TRANSLATING DICTIONARY AT NOTRE DAME AND GOT SOME OF THE NITTY-GRITTY ON THE PHRASE:
N.OS PRON 5 3 NOM P C N.OS PRON 5 3 ACC P C [XXXAX] WE (PL.), US; FUM.ANT V 1 1 PRES ACTIVE IND 3 P FUMO, FUMARE, FUMAVI, – V [XXXCX] SMOKE, STEAM, FUME, REEK; ALIQU.ID PRON 1 0 NOM S N ALIQU.ID PRON 1 0 ACC S N [XXXAO] ANYONE/ANYBODY/ANYTHING; SOMEONE; SOME/FEW; SOME (PARTICULAR) THING; SOME; ANY; A FEW; A PARTICULAR/CERTAIN ~; SOME OTHER; ABOUT/LIKE (NUM); ALIQUID ADV POS ALIQUID ADV [XXXCO] TO SOME DEGREE/EXTENT; SOMEWHAT
IN OTHER WORDS: “WE SMOKE ANYTHING.” LATIN IS A SLIPPERY LANGUAGE, BUT AT THE HEART OF IT, THE MEANING IS THERE. WE’RE EXPERIMENTAL, ENTHUSIASTIC, AND EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF SMOKE AND TIME.
