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Can I just extend the hand of gratitude to my [[secret Latin advisor]]s, one of which pointed out that it was not ''[[non mentula esse]]'', but ''[[nolli mentula esse]]''; and the second (and, frankly, better)<ref>And not just better on account of being a [[Edmund the show-jumping organist|show-jumping organist]], although that is true.</ref> one corrected the first’s spelling to ''[[noli mentula esse]]''. ''[[Nil carborundum]]'', etc. | Can I just extend the hand of gratitude to my [[secret Latin advisor]]s, one of which pointed out that it was not ''[[non mentula esse]]'', but ''[[nolli mentula esse]]''; and the second (and, frankly, better)<ref>And not just better on account of being a [[Edmund the show-jumping organist|show-jumping organist]], although that is true.</ref> one corrected the first’s spelling to ''[[noli mentula esse]]''. ''[[Nil carborundum]]'', etc. | ||
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The JC’s guide to pithy Latin adages
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This article comes to you from the Jolly Contrarian’s legal maxim generation service.
“Don’t be that guy”, in Latin.
A handy rule when drafting a contract, negotiating one, reading one, going on tour, treating people you meet in your travels, and in life generally.
Be a good egg, and everything usually works out for the best.
There is a school of thought (though it may have but one student) that the central inquiry in any English court can be boiled down to the following simple question: “Who, in the sequence of events with which the court is concerned, was being the biggest dick?”
Note, though: little old ladies are prone to be awarded a handicap in the equity stakes.
Can I just extend the hand of gratitude to my secret Latin advisors, one of which pointed out that it was not non mentula esse, but nolli mentula esse; and the second (and, frankly, better)[1] one corrected the first’s spelling to noli mentula esse. Nil carborundum, etc.
See also
- Don’t be that guy
- Good faith: Not a George Michael album, but hard to argue against all the same. But don’t let that stop a diligent lawyer trying.
- Commercially reasonable manner: A legal way of saying noli mentula esse. Described usefully in Crowther v Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd and Barclays v Unicredit
References
- ↑ And not just better on account of being a show-jumping organist, although that is true.