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godofodd In reply to LucidLumi [2009-03-18 13:35:57 +0000 UTC]

It's not Latin, it's Lipsum!

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LucidLumi In reply to godofodd [2009-03-18 19:59:01 +0000 UTC]

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Yeah, I give up.

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yadaman In reply to LucidLumi [2009-03-18 21:55:11 +0000 UTC]

Lorem ipsum -- a 'filler' blurb of text in faux-latin, used to take the place of text in templates and such.

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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LucidLumi In reply to yadaman [2009-03-19 01:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I recognized that from my PowerPoint template previews.
Although the history lesson was very much appreciated, I meant I give up on the scuzzle. It makes my brain hurt.

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