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Latin is the nerdiest language, so to make the page appear more erudite while still keeping the theme . | Latin is the nerdiest language, so to make the page appear more erudite while still keeping the theme . | ||
| − | Latin Transliteration: Nerd is not of Latin origin. When Latinizing a phrase with non-Latin words you have some freedom to choose gender for the loan word. Latin has three gender: masculine, feminine, and neuter. One does not need to contemplate long to conclude which gender to assign nerd in Latin. Neuter. It should be neuter! The plural of a neuter noun takes a feminine ending, so '''Magna Nerda' | + | Latin Transliteration: Nerd is not of Latin origin. When Latinizing a phrase with non-Latin words you have some freedom to choose gender for the loan word. Latin has three gender: masculine, feminine, and neuter. One does not need to contemplate long to conclude which gender to assign nerd in Latin. Neuter. It should be neuter! The plural of a neuter noun takes a feminine ending, so '''Magna Nerda''' translates back to English as '''Great Nerds'''; although, one might understandably consider '''The Great Female Nerd''' as a possible translation if you were not sure of the gender of '''Nerd'''. |
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Latin is the nerdiest language, so to make the page appear more erudite while still keeping the theme . Latin Transliteration: Nerd is not of Latin origin. When Latinizing a phrase with non-Latin words you have some freedom to choose gender for the loan word. Latin has three gender: masculine, feminine, and neuter. One does not need to contemplate long to conclude which gender to assign nerd in Latin. Neuter. It should be neuter! The plural of a neuter noun takes a feminine ending, so Magna Nerda translates back to English as Great Nerds; although, one might understandably consider The Great Female Nerd as a possible translation if you were not sure of the gender of Nerd.
