aefenglommung (aefenglommung) wrote,
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Happy Groundhog Day!

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Answer:

Tantum materiae quam materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari.
"Just as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood."

-- Henry Beard, Latin For Even More Occasions
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