“Illegitimus non carborundum” (Don’t let the bastards wear you down) is equally ungrammatical, and “carborundum” is not Latin. It is a 20th-century joke, as far as IÊ can tell - first spread about by Gen. “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell (of the Burmese campaign in WW II).
(From “Latin Sayings”.)
True? I have no idea - “Vinegar Joe” did have that motto on his desk, though.
“Illegitimus non carborundum” (Don’t let the bastards wear you down) is equally ungrammatical, and “carborundum” is not Latin. It is a 20th-century joke, as far as IÊ can tell - first spread about by Gen. “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell (of the Burmese campaign in WW II). (From “Latin Sayings”.)
True? I have no idea - “Vinegar Joe” did have that motto on his desk, though.