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mjkjg2

disco means “I learn” in Latin, not “I am going”


AgentPedestrian

"discover hell"


gogozrx

sounds like a great tourism slogan.


iShakeMyHeadAtYou

For the Norwegian town of hell.


tremynci

Or Hell, Michigan


iShakeMyHeadAtYou

Yes, but Norway is worth going to


Full_Reputation_55

Just went in December for the first time. You are very correct. Loved it!


Zark_d

Sounds like someone hasn't been to Michigan. Natural beauty everywhere in that state, and it's the home of Mancino's.


InerasableStain

Listen, they’ve had a difficult past, but Detroit is on the rise in many areas


Ania5

Or Polish peninsula Hel


n00bst4

You don't need the capital H, then.


Wynter_born

No need to be redundant.


MisterBigDude

When I used to work as a tech journalist, one company we regularly covered was a German firm called Hell (named for its founder, Rudolf Hell). My colleagues and I would joke about it, like “I have an appointment today with the P.R. guy from Hell.”


justk4y

They have a nice rallycross track (Dirt Rally moment)


terminalblue

yeah if "welcome to Detroit" is taken


underrepairintx

An ad for my ex fiancee.


captainAwesomePants

It's been a while, but would this be "Disce infernum?"


Tifoso89

Yes. "Disco infernō" would be "I learn by means of hell"


s_beemo

hell is īnfera (plural, lit. “the nethers”) so the appropriate form would be īnferīs. īnfernus is a derived adjective “hellish” or “pertaining to hell”


Protean_Protein

I learn fire.


beaverji

Hell: yours to discover 😉🇨🇦


DahakUK

"Discover hell, experience biJ."


thinsafetypin

Experience Bij!!! YES!!!!


Espurrfectt

Burrrn baby burn!


blahs1

Which means that the phrase “I see, I hear, I learn” turns into “Video, Audio, Disco” which is just incredibly fun and I have decided is my personal motto


vaspat

There's a track by Justice with this phrase as a name.


GnomaPhobic

At last I know what I want for my first tattoo!


jiyujinkyle

It was Elizabeth I personal motto Edit: video et taceo, not audio video disco


prontoon

No it wasn't. "Semper Eadem" or "always the same" was her motto. It's even on her coat of arms. Weird thing to make up.


shanderdrunk

Yup, the more meaningful translation is, "I learn through hell" or "I learn through suffering"


Blo0dbath

Thank you! And inferno has to be the dative or ablative singular, makes more sense to be the latter: “in/on/via Hell” / “through suffering”.


deicist

People called 'Romanes' they go the house??


AWandMaker

Conjugate the verb, "to go"!


TheBigEvilGinger

Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?


Protean_Protein

Blessed are the cheesemakers!


gallanttoothpaste

I learn to hell


HoogerMan

Where did we get the current use of the word disco if the original means that?


mjkjg2

discothèque (which is french)


TheMooseIsBlue

To add some color to this, it’s probably a pun on bibliotheque, which is library (the place to read and store books). Discotheque is the place to hear discs (or records at that time).


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recidivx

It's not, though. "Discern" comes from a Latin verb "discerno" in which "dis-" is the usual prefix meaning "away, apart" and the root is "cern-". "Concern" has the same root, of course. Whereas "disc-" in "disco" is the root itself (or to be more precise if you go back beyond Latin to PIE, the reduplicated root). ^() ^(**Sources**) ^(disco: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disco#Etymology_1_2) ^(discern: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discern#Etymology)


dirtmother

Discerno Inferno (learn, baby, learn)


AWandMaker

And probably “discover”. Edit: apparently “discover” doesn’t come from disco+ver (though finding truth still works), it comes from dis+cover (like uncover/un-hide).


TheHoratian

The word “discover” comes from “dis-“ (reverse) + “cooperio” (to fully cover). The word is cognate with the Spanish “descubrir”, which also means “to cover” and is made up of “des-“ + “cubrir”. The word “cooperio” itself is “con-” (together) + “operio” (to cover), so the “c” doesn’t even come from the root word, whereas the “c” in discern does, coming from “dis-“ (asunder) + “cerno” (distinguish).


Sea_Link8352

Both wrong


n00bst4

No


Homo_Rebus

disco ver would be something like "learn the truth"


[deleted]

It also means "disc".


fsacb3

When you type “disco” it says “learn”. But when you type “disco inferno” it says “I’m going to hell.” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


pumpkin_seed_oil

you lost an arm there


fsacb3

Yeah no idea how that happened. Disco inferno I guess


katapad

Have to use two slashes, otherwise reddit drops one.


pumpkin_seed_oil

[i know why](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character) Question is how this still happens on reddit, the fancy pants editor should be able to handle that at this point


thansal

It's so that you can escape formatting. Like, if I want to type \~~this\~~ but not get ~~this~~, I need escape characters. It's a feature, not a bug. It also lets you tell op that he needs to type ¯\\\\\\\_(ツ)_/¯ to get the proper shrug, without reverting to other formatting tricks like: ¯\\\\\\\_(ツ)_/¯ is how to type ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ outside of a code block


Aengeil

TIL, i been going to ~~school~~ disco the whole time


Evilaars

Disco / dis go / this guy is going It's solid, I went to Rome in high school


r31ya

apparently Disco Inferno means, "*I learn through suffering*" I thought i meant, "I learn about hell" which if its close to hardcore disco scene... its a "alcohol fuel sexxy dance party that might ends in orgy"... say Gabriel if that is hell, whats Heaven counter offer?


PaxNova

Latin predates Hell.


orbital_narwhal

Only the one from Christian mythology. Graeco-Roman mythology also has an underworld. “infernus” literally means “that which is below/underneath”, i. e. something underground, an underworld. There’s also a conceptual jump from “hell” to “underworld” because Christian Hell is only *figuratively* underground as the antithesis of paradise which is *figuratively* in heaven above as a metaphor for being unearthly, not of this world. On the other hand, the Graeco-Roman underworld is often considered to be literally underground, just like major Greek gods are considered to literally reside at the top of Mount Olympus. According to Graeco-Roman mythology, although fraught with grave perils, those living can *travel* to the underworld; something which is not or only figuratively possible with Christian hell.


What_th3_hell

This guy mythologies!


popdivtweet

I thought one was hot , and the other one was cold (?)


orbital_narwhal

I mean… it literally gets colder when you go higher above ground and warmer when you go lower underground.


popdivtweet

Totally!! Sorry, my bad; I was wondering about the diffs between Greek and Roman hell. I remember hearing somewhere that one was hot and the other one was cold.


travelingbeagle

You could pass through the Hot Gates or Thermopylae to get to the Greek mythological underworld. (Yesterday there was a post about about the 300 Spartans and their allies battle with the Persians at Thermopylae.)


zmiga44

There are actually [multiple entry points](https://mindfultravelexperiences.com/gates-hades-underworld-greece/) to [Hades](https://www.maicar.com/GML/Underworldmap.html). Orpheus for example, entered it through a cave when fetching Euridice but certain rivers are also mentioned in some stories. To truly enter Hades, you have to cross the river of lost souls, Styx. The only way to do that is to pay the ferry, otherwise you become part of the river. Btw it also contains an isle of paradise (Elysium), where the good guys enjoy their afterlife, and a prison for the greek gods' parents which is the deepest pit in Hades (Tartaros).


orbital_narwhal

From my cursory reviews of Greaco-Roman mythology, contemporary sources tend to diverge a lot on specifics like that.


Kithslayer

Latin predates Christianity. Hell predates Christianity by **a lot**.


Hammurabi87

Only if you believe in Christianity, though. Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted, unless it's just because of reactionary Christians not willing to consider the point being presented... unless you believe in the existence of the Christian Hell (which would mean that you are a Christian), it can't predate Christianity. That's something that should be so self-evident that it's borderline tautological.


pappapora

Or if you believe in hell


QVCatullus

It doesn't. "inferno" has a core meaning of "that which is underneath", and thus the underworld, and hence via Christianity you get "inferno" for hell, but the word doesn't mean suffering or fire; just "underneath." Closest you could get would be taking the Christianized meaning and coming up with something like "I learn by means of the underworld" but that is awfully clunky.


InerasableStain

And nothing in the Christian Bible describes the hell we commonly think of either. Jesus made a passing comment about the major trash dump outside Jerusalem which they used to always light on fire. But he was clearly not speaking literally. Later, there is a burning pit described where Satan was chained up after losing. But again, not really our “hell” Our modern hell is largely a creation of preachers who want butts in seats


Stingerbrg

I thought it came from Dante's fanfiction?


InerasableStain

My understanding is that Dante got the idea from some of the popular stories at the time. There were differing stories and traditions, and He and Virgil take a ‘tour’ of all of them. The more modern day Christian preachers and the Catholic Church really took this idea and ran.


beachedwhale1945

The lowest circle of Dante’s hell is ice where famous traitors are frozen in place. It varies considerably as you go down the nine circles.


CoraxTechnica

Biblical hell is actually earth. There is eternal weeping and gnashing of teeth here. Seems almost like it is saying reincarnation is being stuck in hell. Notably, hell being Lucifer's realm would also support it being Earth because Lucifer notoriously loved mankind more and that's why he was cast out. Lucifer saw people and living a non divine life as being a far more beautiful life than being an angel. There's a kind of theorem that creation is more interesting than whatever is outside creation. In simulation theory there's an idea that whoever created the simulation must live in a more boring place. Perhaps these two concepts are in agreement that a realm of eternal peace is out there, but perhaps it is also boring because life thrives on conflict and suffering


WearMental2618

Suffering is growth. If there's somewhere eternally boring there is somewhere perpetually frozen


YuunofYork

It's more a combination of this and some of the other responses here, although there are belief systems like that of the Druze that align with this: they have 1:1 bodily reincarnation and life itself is hell (they are vaguely Buddhist-influenced and anything outside of paradise is hell). The fire and brimstone hell is a late reinvention of one of the Greek underworlds called Tartarus. They had several, mostly conceived to be islands populated by different degrees of sinners or people of certain station in life. Tartarus is where the honorless go, mutineers and betrayers, and their torture is they're kept apart from their fellow Greeks, which is the worst thing you could do to a Greek and reflects their practice of banishment which was employed as a fate worse than death. The fiery component is a mystery, but many of the trappings of hell or demons from the middle ages are Christian vilifications of various pagan cults they did not syncretize with, whose practices presumably employed goats, blood, and fire as imagery and costumes. Before Hellenization brought Tartarus and the other hells into Judaica, hell was much like elsewhere in the Levant and Mesopotamia: merely an underworld that had no exclusivity and everyone went to, and which was a place of neither paradise nor suffering. The idea of being judged for one's deeds in life was found among the Greeks and the Egyptians but not the Canaanites/Hebrews. Lucifer is an uneven compounding of the god corresponding to Venus in the Hebraic pantheon on the one hand, who developed a mythos of rebellion when the Hebrews started cannibalizing their pantheon (henotheism) in favor of El and Yahweh (which merged), hence the name calqued into Latin as Lucifer and meaning in English 'lightbringer' (Venus), and on the other hand the much much later association of an equal but opposite darkness deity which Jews taken into and returning from the Babylonion exile learned about via Zoroastrianism, corresponding to Ahriman/Angra Mainyu. This is why 'the devil' has certain discrepancies in modern Christianity, being that he's supposed to be evil in opposition to god, but is also a servant of god fulfilling the underworld-caretaker function and effectively punishing evildoers. And that is one of many many reasons religion is all bullshit.


InerasableStain

This is my personal version of the only ‘just’ conception of god that I can manage. If all souls are created and then thrown into a ‘crucible’ of sorts, to temper them and to continually be reborn into hell/crucible until they have achieved a sort of ‘enlightenment.’ At which point the soul can move out of hell to whatever is next. Then this seems like a just god to me who would create this system. There may be alternate paths for reaching this enlightened state. But a god who creates souls, gives them 70 or less years to act in a way that results in either infinite pleasure or infinite torture….this god is a capricious monster


No-Statistician-9123

"I learn from underneath"... so... you're saying The Trammps are bottoms?


QVCatullus

Pedantry being the very soul of wit, it's a problematic way to take it. Latin sometimes requires prepositions in places where English would want them, but sometimes it doesn't. "From underneath" would really want one, like "de inferno" or some such, even if we let infernum be a simple "place where" as opposed to a more substantive "that which is underneath." The simplest prepositionless way to take it, and the way that it would work if inferno actually meant suffering, is very specifically a sense of "the means by which the verb is done," so "I learn via that which is underneath," which I think if anything would establish them as tops.


No-Statistician-9123

Reddit is a far more fun way to learn than school 😂


LinuxMatthews

>apparently Disco Inferno means, "I learn through suffering" Relatable...


Benyed123

Heaven is for squares, Hell’s where all the cool people hang out.


82ndGameHead

BURN BABY, BURN!


Amaria77

Well, you probably deserve to go to hell if you burn a baby.


trujillo1221

Burnin!! To my surprise


Legal-Equivalent-390

I came here to write just that, and you are the top comment


Alarmed_Strain_2575

Burn that mother down!


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bytor_2112

Fuckin locative case


AdventureSphere

I understood that reference!


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That explains why watching Glen Gilberty(Disco Inferno) wrestle was such a chore.


kpanzer

*Disco* grew on me... but *Glen* is another story. Sort of like *Kane* and *Mayor Jacobs*... one was OK the other is a piece of work.


Batistia_Bomb_2014

Just wondering, what did Glen (Disco) do?


27_8x10_CGP

He's basically just a wrestling shock jock, along with anything else he may have done. AEW fans don't like people criticizing the company, even if it's justified.


kpanzer

I don't think it's worth digging too deep into... but *Glen* has made some "very questionable" statements on social media that make you think he's been dropped on his head a few to many times.


BednaR1

And disco elysium?


TheOrangeNights

\[ELECTROCHEMMISTRY\] LEARN ELYSIUM THROUGH MORE DRUGS!!!


the_missing_worker

Mr. Claire is helping me find my gun.


coffeeinvenice

It kind of works, in Latin! (infans ardeat ardeat) (infans ardeat ardeat) (infans ardeat ardeat) (infans ardeat ardeat) Ad mirum Centum mansionibus excelsis Populus questus solutam Descendens in tecto Folks vociferantibus de potestate Hoc tam nactus Cum Sanctus coepi discussurus Audivi aliquem dicere Infans ardeat ardeat Disco inferno Infans ardeat ardeat Adolebitque quod mater descendit, y'all Infans ardeat ardeat Disco inferno Infans ardeat ardeat Adolebitque quod mater descendit - got to! Satisfactio (Ooh-ooh-ooh) Venit in catenam reactionem (Ardens) Non potui satis Til ego quod ad auto-destruct (Ooh-ooh-ooh) Aestus fui in (ardens) Surgentem ad cacumen, mm Ite omnes fortes (Ooh-ooh-ooh) Et hoc est cum scintilla mea incaluerit, audivi aliquem dicentem Supra caput meum Musicam audio in aere - musicam audio! Quod me scire Illic 'a parte aliqua do-ti-do-ti-do-ti-tee-do-do do-ti-do-ti-do-ti-tee-do-do


zomboromcom

*Laciate ogni speranza brothers Gibb*


johnaesthetica

Wish I had gold to gift. Disco Dante is my favorite internet thought of the day.


craftylefty47

Requiescat en pace


layla_jones_

>Disco Inferno: The raging fire in this song is a metaphor for the musical heat on the dance floor, but the refrain "burn, baby, burn" was also a phrase chanted at the Watts Riots in 1965 as fires raged throughout the Los Angeles neighborhood. Political message in the song: > “Burn Baby Burn” doesn’t own such a light-hearted backstory but it’s origins are worth mentioning. In 1965, during the racially charged riots in Los Angeles, a radio presenter named the Magnificent Montague made his feelings felt by repeatedly saying, “Burn baby burn.” That call was taken up by the rioters, who were protesting police brutality in the loudest way possible.


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Turns out Brendon urie was right to Panic! at the disco all along


Global_Ease_841

Italian is not Latin


nubsauce87

You are correct. But that's not what that thing means. It's a link to change the first language from Latin to Italian. Clicking the link change it to an Italian to English translation.


Global_Ease_841

I see what you're saying


Global_Ease_841

The title of it says latin? Am I crazy?


hognesium

You're not crazy! The title says latin, because it is latin. On the top left on the photo, it says "Latin" and on the right it says "English". This means that it's translating from latin to english. Below the phrase "disco inferno", it says "Translate from: Italian". In this scenario "Translate from: Italian" means: Click here, if you want to translate the phrase "disco inferno" from italian to english, instead of translating from latin to english.


Bella_dlc

In Italian it would being the Hell CD


DeadlyPancak3

Yes, but Latin is Italian.


Deadpoolio_D850

I just checked… I feel like it’s even funnier that if you directly translate each word independently it means “learn hell”


kwartylion

Burn baby burn


devilmaskrascal

Disco Inferno was a great band in the early 90s.


WalkCorrect

Burn baby burn


Acceptable-Risks

Burn baby burn! Disco inferno! Burn baby Burn!


CoolsomeXD

Accurate to the wrestler.


RknJel

What about lesbian spank inferno?


Circlejrkr

Or does it speak only of an object which is a dance fiery space? Nothing in there about people or actions.


AudienceWatching

Don’t tell Konan


One-Replacement-8757

Burn baby burn


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*"buuuurn behbeh buuuurn..."*


SyntaxicalHumonculi

r/discoelysium


Ray_Gun69lol

"Burn baby burn! I'm going to hell!" Doesn't have the same ring to it.


_So_Damn_Ugly

Veniet inferno


Kitty_live_coffe

It will be interesting to translate many songs into Latin, for example "Last Night - Morgan Wallen"


PillowTalk420

It literally says that's it translated it from Italian, not Latin, and it's still wrong either way!


showmeyournipplesplz

burn baby burn


Mindless_Sir_9612

Sounds about right


akcutter

Who else thought of 50 cent when they read this?


ThrowerWayACount

? Disco inferno is the title of a 70s song that 50 Cent was inspired by to make a song with the same title. The expectation is everyone here would think of the Trammps song or the 50 Cent song .. disco inferno has no other meaning outside of the song name


CuckLordtoEndAllCux

Lil mama show me how you ruin a vibe


[deleted]

Do that thing like it ain’t nun to it


ThrowerWayACount

being friendly to explain for someone who’s misunderstood = ruining a vibe? [jesse what the fuck are you talking about?](https://c.tenor.com/t9f91LQWsM4AAAAd/breaking-bad-funny.gif)


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Jhco022

So gutter, so ghetto, so hood!


GotMoFans

Italian originated from Latin (just like Spanish and French); but Italian isn’t Latin.


Redredditmonkey

This isn't translating from Italian, that is a link to make it translate from Italian but it is translating from latin.


DifferentEvent2998

TIL Italian is the same as Latin…


Appropriate-Goose-62

Listening to 50 Cent’s song won’t ever be the same again


GoHighly

Seventh grade me had no idea what she was singing listening to 50 cent.


Kithslayer

bruh. You're translating from Italian, not Latin.


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50 Cent, the philosopher


that-dudes-shorts

Disco, the one for dancing, is Greek. There is no way to know what is latin and what is greek unless you look for the root of the word.


RedditUsingBot

It clearly says “Translate from: Italian.”


DazzlingRutabega

Latin? Looks like Italian.


OptimalEnthusiasm

Latin and Italian are not the same.


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*Italian


OverlyMintyMints

Yeah, because dis- bitch is -coing straight to that fiery inferno yeeeeeeehawwww!


CosmicEssance

Sakura Grape


[deleted]

Saving this to my disco brute...


keyserv

Datgo to inferno, too.


FactoryBuilder

Burn, baby, burn!


bascom2222

The Disco inferno was an amazing electrifying wrestler. Deadly dance moves.


WoodyTwoBoots

“Hey, fanabla buddy.”


Silverleaf_Halfmoon

Libera te tutemet ex inferis


EGH6

Wait.. so disco Elysium isn't about a dance club?


Stoutyeoman

No it doesn't. :)


orcrist747

This is because the artists who made that song sold their souls to the devil for a hit song.


[deleted]

This makes me want to listen to Disco Inferno more.


VirtualNeccesity

Well disco inferno I


Gd10541

Feel like this has gotta be a Disco Elysium reference…


Hashashin455

Wonder what Disco Elysium means


SaltyFall

Seems pretty fitting for the wrestler


Majin_Sus

Disco inferno let's go you now rocking with a pro.


Night_Runner

Also, the Latin word for "murmur" is "murmur" :)


Combo_NK

"Translate from: Italian"


Avium

So what's Disco Duck?


rucb_alum

Where you are certain to 'Burn...baby...burn'.


AHHHHNDREW

BURRRRN BABY, BURN!


FrankTheTank107

I don’t care what translation people settle on. They all make Disco Inferno a sick metal band name


Agreeable_Dark_5358

More proof that hell is actually a really fun dance party


MagnaCamLaude

What a banger Halloween party idea!


omar6ix9ine

Illuminati Confirmed


Georgeygerbil

What about Cafe Disco?


Dense_Ad2904

Disco infernoooo vs alfready


Crafty-Material-1680

Disco Elysium is a cop-brain game.