Latin is the name of a Memory in Act l of We Happy Few.
Location[]
Faraday's Workshop, underneath the stairs.
Overview[]
Arthur and Percy talk about languages.
Transcript[]
Percy: "Why don't we speak Latin?"
Arthur: "Because it's 1946, and the Romans left Britain in 450 AD."
Percy: "I can't hear you."
Arthur: "Why do you want to speak Latin?"
Percy: "You always... you always... you always know... you always know... you always know... you always know what each... you always know what each word means. When it comes out. Impedimenta, the baggage. Impedimentorum, of the baggage. Impedimentis, to the baggage."
Arthur: "So it doesn't matter the order you say things."
Percy: "Yes."
Arthur: "So long as you're talking about baggage."
Percy: "What? No, Arthur. I'm talking about... Oh. Fuck off"
Arthur: "Why are you learning Latin anyway? You still have trouble in English."
Percy: "I can see it in my head. You make the words by sticking endings to them."
Arthur: "That seems like an awful lot of effort."
Percy: "When you learn German... When, when you... when you learn German... when you--"
Arthur: "I don't want to learn German."
Percy: "You just have to stick the right ending to the word."
Arthur: "I don't want to learn German!"
Percy: "It's a very good language. It has very strict rules."
Arthur: "Imagine my surprise"
Trivia[]
- "Impedimenta" is a Latin term for equipment that is intended for an activity that serves more of a hindrance than help, especially military baggage.