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Friday 7 October 2016

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

I don't get much spam in Latin, so I actually read this one. 

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum

Sadly, it's nonsense. It's pseudo-latin, like Caesar adsum jam forte.

Oh, you didn't know that one? It's one of the best things I learned in my Latin class.

Caesar adsum jam forte
Brutus aderat
Caesar sic in omnibus
Brutus sic in at



Anyway, "Lorem Ipsum" is called "Greek text", because it isn't Greek. It's used by printers and web-makers to indicate that some text should go here, but it hasn't been authored yet.


1 comment:

  1. For those interested in its 45BC origins:
    http://www.lipsum.com/

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