ellauri060.html on line 1153: Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism, often translated as "Don't let the bastards grind you down". The phrase itself has no meaning in Latin and can only be mock-translated as a Latin–English pun.
ellauri060.html on line 1158: The phrase was adopted by US Army General "Vinegar" Joe Stilwell as his motto during the war, in the form Illegitimati non carborundum. It was later further popularized in the US by 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
ellauri060.html on line 1164: Illegitimum non carborundum;
ellauri060.html on line 1166: Illegitimum non carborundum;
ellauri060.html on line 1170: Illegitimum non carborundum—ipso facto!
ellauri060.html on line 1176: 1963, possibly earlier, as illegitimus non carborundum used as the motto incorporated into the masthead of the The Whitehorse Star newspaper.
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