Sona si Latine loqueris

My brother Larry has a blog devoted to word derivations.  It's called "What's the Good Word?" and I recommend it highly:  http://larry-whatsthegoodword.blogspot.com

I attended a Jr./Sr. High School that required Latin for grades 7 - 9; the school motto is "Sursum ad summum" - rise to the highest.  I took one more year of Latin in the 10th grade rather than two years of a foreign language.  (A choice I came to regret.)  But because of the sheer number of words in English that trace back to Latin, my four years of Latin have helped me better understand much of the language I speak.

A colleague at DHQ in Syracuse sent me a long list of funny phrases translated into Latin.  The title of this post means "Honk if you speak Latin."  Perhaps if we could express ourselves in Latin, it might make our most vacuous comments sound intelligent.  For example:

Te precor dulcissime supplex! 
Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Mellita, domi adsum.
Honey, I'm home.

Fac me cocleario vomere! 
Gag me with a spoon!

Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go with the flow.

Sic faciunt omnes.
Everyone is doing it.

Fac ut vivas.
Get a life.

The full list can be found here:
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/d/r/dryfoo/www/Funny-pages/handy-latin.html