Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books

[moon_custafer]

Detail which ought to come up more in M.R. James-type stories: chances are, whomever wrote that grimoire or mystical manuscript in Ominous Latin probably wasn’t an ancient Roman, or even a classical scholar.

Which means, when you think about it, that the spells probably read like poorly-translated Japanese electronics instructions.

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[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

Or that memorable incantation employed--to no effect save the target's amusement--in a King of the Hill episode: "Destroyus Bobbyus Hillus!" (It should be noted that the spellcasters represented a tradition they'd evidently pieced together in their garage from Dungeons and Dragons and various metal albums.)