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Ancient-Classroom-Approved Pig Latin: The Testamentum Porcelli (medium.com/in-medias-res)
42 points by diodorus on Feb 10, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


This isn't what is normally meant by pig Latin. It's a humorous/parodic piece of classical Latin.

It's pretty funny! It's striking how well it would fit in to 20th century comedy, and the author's translation does a good job of preserving the spirit of it. For a modern take on the part where the pig bequeathes his various body parts, here's John Prine's Please Don't Bury Me

https://youtu.be/JfBdMXhpQnU


The title is just a play on words, being a Latin story about pigs!




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