What language is this in and what does it say? "Si Ville, dayer de gough, toussin bussis inaro. Nojo, dems trux, summit kaus ant summit dux."

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What language is this in and what does it say? "Si Ville, dayer de gough, toussin bussis inaro. Nojo, dems trux, summit kaus ant summit dux."

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Last updated Sep 20 2016.

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crisw
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It's English.

See, Willy, there they go
A dozen buses in a row
No, Joe, them is trucks
Some with cows and some with ducks.

I usually see this one as
Civile, si ergo,
Fortibus es inero!
O nobile, demis trux.
Vadis indem? Causem dux.

May 16 2006, 11:35 AM

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crisw--Fer Shurs!!! Your's is by far the better known version!!!

May 16 2006, 11:47 AM

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There are many versions of this doggerel. See, for example, Q#23838 and this site, with some historical information:

http://www.quasillum.com/study/latin-humor.php

Response last updated by satguru on Sep 20 2016.
May 16 2006, 11:47 AM

What language is this in and what does it say? "Si Ville, dayer de gough, toussin bussis inaro. Nojo, dems trux, summit kaus ant summit dux."

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