Linguo-service, family edition

[muckefuck]

• Dad told me on the phone last week that he'd settled on a personal motto--"Stubbornness to the point of stupidity"--and idly asked what it might be in Latin. I did a little research and consulted with a scholar of Latin to come up with "Contumacia usque ad stultitiam". Now to get it engraved on something for his birthday, but what?
• My brother has named an RPG character "Donna Wyrdwyl" and asked me for the "Gaelic spelling" of 'Donna', which ironically is 'Donna'. I say "ironically" because 'Wyrdwyl' is just about the least-Gaelic spelling I can imagine. He asked me what I would suggest and the best I could do was 'Ghaordael'. I can't even figure what he's going for.

Comments

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

Contumacia usque ad stultitiam

I resemble that remark....

[bunj.livejournal.com]

Well, he's always said that the fox was his totem animal, so you could include that with the motto. Maybe something he can hang on his wall?

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

That motto belongs on a wooden doorstop.

[sandor-baci.livejournal.com]

What about an arc of text at the top of a shaving mirror?