If you know someone is going to commit a crime in the Smokies, who do you email to warm the Rangers, or local law?

The Rangers if he is already in the park, or the Blount County Sheriff if he is on this side of the park right now.

How about picking up the phone and making sure you get in touch with the authorities ASAP? I'm assuming they have annonymous tip lines, or use a public phone...

saimyoji, (off topic) I noticed your new quote. My dad's friend use to say that phrase in latin and even had it on the uuhhh (whatever the information booklet is at a funeral) Yeah that thing. He wanted it printed on the back of the last page and sure enough there it was. Do you happen to know it in latin or possibly who the quote is from ?

Actually, I've had that quote for a while now. I got it from a friend, English version. I did a google for the quote + in latin, found this:

http://www.yuni.com/library/latin_4.html

DANG, that was fast service. You think you could bring me a medium saugage pizza next ? ;)

saimyoji, (off topic) I noticed your new quote. My dad's friend use to say that phrase in latin and even had it on the uuhhh (whatever the information booklet is at a funeral) Yeah that thing. He wanted it printed on the back of the last page and sure enough there it was. Do you happen to know it in latin or possibly who the quote is from ?============================
Here ya go Dew ...I've used it for years and have it framed at home:

"NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDOM EST"

...and here's the website reference:
http://www.just2good.co.uk/index.php?funStuffFrameSet.php?latin.htm

'Slogger
AT 2003

http://www.pizzahut.com/menu/

Well, there seems to be a discrepancy. Anyone actually speak latin?

What about that criminal in the Smokies? :confused:

oh great...now i have two different latin phrases and only one is the correct one. You bastards are getting me down ! ;)

Actually I always thought the translation was "Don't let the bastards grind you down", no? Isn't that what "carborundum" means?

That one section has at least THREE latin translations of the phrase:
Nill illigitimi carborundum
Noli nothis permittere te terere
Non illigitamus carborundum

Hey, Mountain Dew, check this site (http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/a-b/bastard.shtml) for some more info on this phrase. You can find the 3 "words" in any order depending on where you look.

I personally like one thru hiker in 1998 who ended all his register entries with "Carpe Diem, Y'all!" (it means "seize the day"). I was thinking of "Crappy Diem, Soil the Day."

annonymous tip lines?
email address?

That's what I need to know.

I thought it was "Ni nil nisi carborundum", but it looks like others here are more familiar with the translation.

I quote someone's advice to me on this site: "when in doubt, google"

TELEPHONE:
General Park Information: (865) 436-1200
Backcountry Information: (865) 436-1297

A person at any of these number should be able to get you to the correct authority.

OR try this:
Blount County
Sheriff's Office
940 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway
Maryville, TN 37804

Phone: (865) 273-5000
Fax: (865) 273-5134

Crime Prevention Hotline
(865) 273-5200

Go to the web site: http://www.bcso.com/ At the bottom right is a link to Contact Us, where you can leave an anonymous message via webmail.

Good luck, I hope its not a serious crime. :confused:

i used to work for a language services company, we did translation & interpretation. the old hands would tell me that translation relied heavily on context & implicit intent. if you speak more than one language, think about it - there's usually more than one way to say something; sometimes slight variations make a huge difference and sometimes they make no difference at all. there are ways to say things in other languages (like Spanish, which i also speak but am rusty at) that will never translate directly to English and have to be adapted slightly. so it's possible that all three translations of the phrase are correct and only a Roman (of the Roman era) would pick up the subtle differences.