Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Omneyray is an Audfray
When last we looked at transit crime, MBTA Police Chief Joseph Carter was complaining that his staff was too small to provide adequate protection. (see RiaF, 7/13/2003)
But as our friends at Bad Transit astutely point out, Carter’s concerns should no longer be a, uh, concern because the T is hiring. And to make sure that the new hires do not upset the man-to-manager ratio, Carter has promoted several insiders, despite Team Reform’s pledge to not reward insiders. (source: Boston Globe, 9/19/2003)
And apparently, Carter and Company are still on the prowl for new patrols. The MBTA website even provides a link to show how YOU, the RiaF Reader, can join the MBTA police force. Unfortunately, the instructions are in Latin.
Worse, they are in plagiarized Latin.
Willard Mitt’s MBTA police seemingly stole their web text from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
This is from “How to join the MBTA Police Force” on the MBTA site:
“Fylosophi Greca appellatione uocantur, que Latine amatores sapientiae interpretantur. Est enim filosophus qui diuinarum et humanarum rerum scientiam habet, et omnem bene uiuendi tramitem tenet. Nomen philosophorum primum a Pithagora fertur exortium.”
And this is from the Memorial University of Newfoundland’s unexpurgated web-site:
“Fylosophi Greca appellatione uocantur, que Latine amatores sapientiae interpretantur. Est enim filosophus qui diuinarum et humanarum rerum scientiam habet, et omnem bene uiuendi tramitem tenet. Nomen philosophorum primum a Pithagora fertur exortium.”
We’re not sure if the Memorial University of Newfoundland is seeking new transit police, but we trust they’d be happy to share linguistic services.
They can start with a Latin-to-English translation of "please stop stealing our web-site."
When last we looked at transit crime, MBTA Police Chief Joseph Carter was complaining that his staff was too small to provide adequate protection. (see RiaF, 7/13/2003)
But as our friends at Bad Transit astutely point out, Carter’s concerns should no longer be a, uh, concern because the T is hiring. And to make sure that the new hires do not upset the man-to-manager ratio, Carter has promoted several insiders, despite Team Reform’s pledge to not reward insiders. (source: Boston Globe, 9/19/2003)
And apparently, Carter and Company are still on the prowl for new patrols. The MBTA website even provides a link to show how YOU, the RiaF Reader, can join the MBTA police force. Unfortunately, the instructions are in Latin.
Worse, they are in plagiarized Latin.
Willard Mitt’s MBTA police seemingly stole their web text from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
This is from “How to join the MBTA Police Force” on the MBTA site:
“Fylosophi Greca appellatione uocantur, que Latine amatores sapientiae interpretantur. Est enim filosophus qui diuinarum et humanarum rerum scientiam habet, et omnem bene uiuendi tramitem tenet. Nomen philosophorum primum a Pithagora fertur exortium.”
And this is from the Memorial University of Newfoundland’s unexpurgated web-site:
“Fylosophi Greca appellatione uocantur, que Latine amatores sapientiae interpretantur. Est enim filosophus qui diuinarum et humanarum rerum scientiam habet, et omnem bene uiuendi tramitem tenet. Nomen philosophorum primum a Pithagora fertur exortium.”
We’re not sure if the Memorial University of Newfoundland is seeking new transit police, but we trust they’d be happy to share linguistic services.
They can start with a Latin-to-English translation of "please stop stealing our web-site."
