"Latin translation help needed" Topic

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WeeSparky	04 Oct 2015 11:49 a.m. PST
I would like to add the Latin tranlation of the phrase "Not my monkeys" to a banner for my warband. The snippet is from a (possibly Polish) phrase "Not my circus, not my monkeys" used to declare lack of interest in a problem due to it not being the speakers problem.
bc1745	04 Oct 2015 11:53 a.m. PST
Ne indignetur simia
WeeSparky	04 Oct 2015 11:55 a.m. PST
Thank you! That was quick.
Tango01	04 Oct 2015 12:46 p.m. PST
Or… "Non mea simiae" Amicalement Armand
GarrisonMiniatures	04 Oct 2015 2:49 p.m. PST
Wouldn't mea mean my? – as in mea culpa?
Tango01	04 Oct 2015 2:51 p.m. PST
Not my monkeys Non mea simiae Amicalement Armand
John the OFM	04 Oct 2015 4:41 p.m. PST
Shouldn't "mea" plural here? Should be "meae".
zippyfusenet	04 Oct 2015 5:13 p.m. PST
And shouldn't the subject come first in the sentence? Hoc simiae non meae.
John the OFM	04 Oct 2015 5:45 p.m. PST
They are being Laconic.
GarrisonMiniatures	04 Oct 2015 11:34 p.m. PST
Don't get that last one – all Greek to me.
zippyfusenet	05 Oct 2015 4:38 a.m. PST
Well then. Non circus meus, non simiae meae.
arthur1815	05 Oct 2015 6:45 a.m. PST
But the Latin 'circus' is a chariot race track – the Roman equivalent of Silverstone or Brands Hatch – where you probably wouldn't find any monkeys… Maybe, 'neque circus meus, neque equi mei' [neither my race-track nor my horses] would convey the sense of the phrase better, if you don't insist upon monkeys?
Winston Smith	05 Oct 2015 8:22 a.m. PST
That phrase should be in all languages.
evilgong	05 Oct 2015 2:05 p.m. PST
I don't have a dog in this fight. db
Winston Smith	05 Oct 2015 6:17 p.m. PST
Let's not forget the OP wants it on a banner. The more Laconic the better. He doesn't need long winded Livy or Caesar.
Jemima Fawr	07 Oct 2015 4:32 a.m. PST
Write it out 100 times before daybreak, or I'll cut your balls off.
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