User talk:Alatius

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Hey - I've suggested an alteration to the folk etymology portion of the ampersand article, if you want to check out the discussion of that entry...BloodIron (talk) 02:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

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Ikip (talk) 20:39, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, please would you come up with an authority to support the concept that Gaius was the equivalent of a 21st century 'first-name'. Thanks. Eddaido (talk) 11:57, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi! Well, the Romans obviously had a different naming culture than we do, so I suppose you can't say that the Latin "praenomen" is in all respects identical to our "first-name". However, the article says that "'Gaius' was his personal name", i.e. that "Gaius" was the name that was given to him, and not inherited. That this is so is trivially true, and so it seems to me overtly pedantic to demand an explicit reference. For more information, see Roman naming conventions. Maybe a link to that article would suffice? I won't revert your edit again, in case you still think a reference is needed, but in my opinion it is unnecessary. --Alatius (talk) 21:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

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So I figured my last attempt might not have been the best one. In case you don't know what I'm talking about: it really wasn't. In case you do: I'm a damn genius but here we go again.

Hi Alatius, I came here to thank you for adding the general declaration of human rights in Tengwar to its page. That made me laugh really hard and be happy about humanity for a moment. I hope you're having a great day or night whenever you read this. Finne Finne.teresa02 (talk) 00:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your message! Yes, I'm very happy about that choise of text! However, it wasn't my decision to begin with: I merely remade an older image, using my newer (and better) font. The original was this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tengwar_sample.png Alatius (talk) 08:17, 15 March 2021 (UTC)