scary-monsters-and-super-creeps:
amazing
look i have to bring this back because i want you all to take a moment to imagine being the guy who messed up his line so badly people are still laughing 2000 years in the future at your mistake
I’m going to start saying this.
I can see weasel now the rain is gone
I can see all mustelids in my way
Okay but this is very important because this mistake became SO well known that it became a running joke in Greek comedies, which means that when those Greek comedies were translated into Latin (I’m specifically thinking of Eunuchus), the joke was translated, and the Latin words for clearing (I don’t recall the translation) and weasel (mustela) have NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.
Speaking as a Latin student, the single most terrifying experience of my second year was translating Eunuchus and suddenly coming across “BEHOLD, I SEE A WEASEL AHEAD.” Like. Shit was weird, because Latin is weird and lends itself to weird experiences, but that remains a running joke with my Latin class. Because there were three of us at the time and all of us were almost tearful with distress over it while our teacher laughed himself sick.
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