Canis et in horto is all I can (barely) remember from Gr. 7 latin. that an "Ehu" means oh dear? It was in this story about Hecules. A lion bites him and he went "EHU!"
Y'know, if a lion bit me I'd be more like "OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGWAHCRY SANTA I WAS GOOD I SWEAR I SWEAR" as opposed to something as lamentably tame as "oh dear."
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Date: 2006-04-24 09:51 pm (UTC)Y'know, if a lion bit me I'd be more like "OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGWAHCRY SANTA I WAS GOOD I SWEAR I SWEAR" as opposed to something as lamentably tame as "oh dear."