PugJesus@piefed.socialM to RoughRomanMemes@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agoROMANITAS vs. ROYALTY SIMPmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10 cross-posted to: historymemes@piefed.social
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minus-squaregrober_UnfuglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoCan’t help but finding “Mark Antony” highly disturbing and I definitely prefer “Marcus Antonius”.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s funny - “Mark Antony” is so engrained in the English language from Shakespeare that it doesn’t even phase me, despite English using no such acute anglicization for other Romans.
minus-squaregrober_UnfuglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThat’s probably the reason it disturbs me so much, English is just a second language.
Can’t help but finding “Mark Antony” highly disturbing and I definitely prefer “Marcus Antonius”.
It’s funny - “Mark Antony” is so engrained in the English language from Shakespeare that it doesn’t even phase me, despite English using no such acute anglicization for other Romans.
That’s probably the reason it disturbs me so much, English is just a second language.