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Posted by Sara on July 28, 2009, 7:13 am
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>> Quiltus Lunaticus? ;)
>> Or should that be Quiltmaker Lunaticus?
>Lunaticus , is something connected to the moon , or a Crescent form ,
>It has become another word for crazy later , but if we want the Latin
>meaning we need to take demens or fatuus .
>Quiltus looks more like Quilibet =anyone
>mirjam
I would be strongly inclined not to go with a literal translation of
"crazy" in the sense of mentally ill. That's why I was leaning
towards something like jocosus. But surely we have some Romance
language native speakers here who could tell us what crazy quilt is in
French or Spanish or Italian or whatnot. Then we'd have some roots to
work back from.
Sara
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Posted by mirjam on July 28, 2009, 7:42 am
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> I would be strongly inclined not to go with a literal translation of
> "crazy" in the sense of mentally ill. =A0That's why I was leaning
> towards something like jocosus. =A0But surely we have some Romance
> language native speakers here who could tell us what crazy quilt is in
> French or Spanish or Italian or whatnot. =A0Then we'd have some roots to
> work back from.
> Sara
I aproached a friend of mine who is an expert , and she will write a
note that i can post here ,, she says the whole meaning has been
misunderstood , In fact i was joking a bit in my litereral
translation, knowing very well it wasn`t the real meaning , but it was
just as good as the others ,,,, but when i saw this translation with
the LUNA , i felt we all are crossing into No No land .
The moment i get the expert`s note i will post it here !!!
mirjam
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Posted by Annette from NZ on July 30, 2009, 5:13 pm
I think culcita is along the right track. My latin dictionary
translates it as:
mattress, stuffed (feathers/wool/hair) pillow/cushion for bed/couch
And the Romans had mosaics, the ones which have survived are lovely,
regular artworks depicting realistic scenes.
So perhaps something using "random mosaic" and culcit would be
appropriate.
Someone with more education than I could provide the correct latin
roots, endings and verb-forms.
Best wishes, Annette
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Posted by mirjam on August 1, 2009, 7:33 am
Dr smith here is Linda`s answer to your letter which i forwarded to
her .
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Dear Dr. Smith, I'm a quilter and a scholar, including Latin, Virgil
and co.- just love the Georgics. Quilters, both male and female don't
have to be unlettered, or subject to weird mental states. We're just
people who use cloth, needle and thread as our closest to hand medium.
With respect,Linda.
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Posted by Janet on July 27, 2009, 9:51 am
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> Hi Guys,
> =A0 =A0 One of the men -- Dr. Zachary Smith aka Doc -- from over at RCTQ
> (the quilting newsgroup) needs a Latin translation for "crazy quilt". =A0=
I
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> told him to post his request here because I know we have several Italian
> stitchers & designers who lurk but don't often post. =A0I wanted to let
> you all know that he is legit -- not some spammer. =A0If he posts himself=
,
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> then folks can more easily contact him directly with a translation if
> that's what they prefer to do. =A0CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< =A0 (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at =A0http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
I have a friend who is a high school Latin teacher. I've emailed her
and will post when she replies.
Janet
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>> Or should that be Quiltmaker Lunaticus?
>Lunaticus , is something connected to the moon , or a Crescent form ,
>It has become another word for crazy later , but if we want the Latin
>meaning we need to take demens or fatuus .
>Quiltus looks more like Quilibet =anyone
>mirjam