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Old 09-26-2011, 07:42 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
Faux Latin.. Almost fell over first time I read this.
It's called Dog Latin, which I think descends from doggerel. It's pretty widely used in Urban Fantasy. I don't know much about real Latin, though I wish I did, but there's something about Latin, maybe the formality, the archaic sound, or just the gravitas, that feels exactly right for conjuring magic.

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