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* '''Downplayed''': Some made-up Latin words are used alongside real ones.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Some made-up Latin words are used alongside real ones.ones.
** The work uses real Latin... but it's really broken, grammatically incorrect Latin.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob are trying to find someone who knows Latin. When they come across a pair of IdenticalStranger[=s=] each claiming to be the person they want to see, they [[SecretTestOfCharacter test their Latin knowledge]] to help SpotTheImposter.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Alice and Bob are trying to find someone who knows Latin. When they come across a pair of IdenticalStranger[=s=] each claiming to be the person they want to see, they [[SecretTestOfCharacter test their Latin knowledge]] to help SpotTheImposter.SpotTheImposter.
** Alice and Bob use made-up Latin to [[HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier throw off someone who doesn't know Latin and doesn't realize they aren't speaking authentic Latin]].


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* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob are failing their mandatory Latin class because they expect it to be like the made-up Latin they know from literature, TV, movies, and music.

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** Or, the work is in an alternative universe where Latin is different.

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** Or, the The work is in an alternative universe AlternateUniverse where Latin is different.



** Or, there wasn't a word in Latin that fitted in the scene, so the writers made up one.

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** Or, there There wasn't a word in Latin that fitted in the scene, so the writers made up one.



** The work only uses actual Latin.

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** The All Latin in the work only uses actual Latin.is genuine.



* '''Subverted''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice calls him out and speaks actual Latin...

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* '''Subverted''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice calls him out and speaks actual correct Latin...


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* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob are trying to find someone who knows Latin. When they come across a pair of IdenticalStranger[=s=] each claiming to be the person they want to see, they [[SecretTestOfCharacter test their Latin knowledge]] to help SpotTheImposter.


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* '''Discussed''': "SmartPeopleKnowLatin, and I'm a smart person, therefore I know Latin." [[LogicalFallacies "Wrong."]]
* '''Conversed''': "Could the writers not have found a Latin–English dictionary somewhere? Even ''I'' know that can't be correct Latin."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob's incomplete or outright erroneous understanding of Latin is played for CringeComedy and/or HypocriticalHumor.

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'''Basic Trope''': A work uses made up Latin.

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'''Basic Trope''': A work uses made up made-up Latin.



* '''Downplayed''' : Some made up Latin words are used alongside real ones.
* '''Averted''': The work only uses actual Latin.
** Or, there is no Latin present in the work
* '''Justified''': None of the characters in the setting know any actual Latin.
** Or, the work is in an alternative universe where Latin is different.
* '''Enforced''' : The writers didn't knew any Latin - nor bothered to researched it - and so made up Latin words.
** Or, there wasn't a word in Latin that fitted in the scene, so the writers made up one.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice calls him out and speaks actual Latin, only to then start speaking made up Latin later.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"
* '''Parodied''' :
** PigLatin
* '''Defied''': "I'm not making up some BS Latin just to make myself sound more intelligent than I really am."

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* '''Downplayed''' : '''Exaggerated''': The characters speak nothing but made-up Latin even when they're supposedly speaking some other language.
* '''Downplayed''':
Some made up made-up Latin words are used alongside real ones.
* '''Averted''': The work only uses actual Latin.
'''Justified''':
** Or, there is no Latin present in the work
* '''Justified''':
None of the characters in the setting know knows any actual Latin.
** Or, the work is in an alternative universe where Latin is different.
different.
* '''Enforced''' : '''Inverted''': [[ShownTheirWork The characters speak authentic Latin]], but even though they and the creators nominally speak English as their first language, you wouldn't know it from the way they speak it.
* '''Enforced''':
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The writers knew no Latin and didn't knew any Latin - nor bothered bother to researched it - research it, and so they made up Latin words.
words.
** Or, there wasn't a word in Latin that fitted in the scene, so the writers made up one.
one.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': '''Averted''':
** The work only uses actual Latin.
** There is no Latin present in the work.
* '''Subverted''':
Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice calls him out and speaks actual Latin, Latin...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...
only to then start speaking made up speak made-up Latin later.
later.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Alice reveals she was messing with Bob and he reveals that he knew authentic Latin all along.
** Characters alternate using phony Latin and authentic Latin.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey "Hey, Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"
* '''Parodied''' :
** PigLatin
'''Parodied''': PigLatin is passed off as Latin.
* '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob know that people think SmartPeopleKnowLatin, but [[KnowNothingKnowItAll they're too lazy to learn it for real]], so they just end every other word with "-us" and hope nobody will call them out.
* '''Defied''': "I'm not making up some BS Latin just to make myself sound more intelligent than I really am.""
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*'''Enforced''' : The writers didn't knew any Latin - nor bothered to researched it - and so made up Latin words.
**Or, there wasn't a word in Latin that fitted in the scene, so the writers made up one.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.calls him out and speaks actual Latin, only to then start speaking made up Latin later.
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* '''Averted''': The work only use actual Latin.

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* '''Averted''': The work only use uses actual Latin.

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'''Basic Trope''': The characters use fake Latin.
* '''Straight''': Fake Latin is used instead of real Latin.
* '''Averted''': They only use real Latin.

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'''Basic Trope''': The characters use fake A work uses made up Latin.
* '''Straight''': Fake Latin is words are used instead of real Latin.
*'''Downplayed''' : Some made up Latin words are used alongside real ones.
* '''Averted''': They The work only use real Latin.actual Latin.
** Or, there is no Latin present in the work


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**Or, the work is in an alternative universe where Latin is different.


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*'''Parodied''' :
**PigLatin
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"right?"
* '''Defied''': "I'm not making up some BS Latin just to make myself sound more intelligent than I really am."
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Basic Trope: The characters use fake Latin.
* Straight: Fake Latin is used instead of real Latin.
* Averted: They only use real Latin.
* Justified: None of the characters in the setting know any actual Latin.
* Zig-Sagged: Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.
* Lampshaded: "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': The characters use fake Latin.
* Straight: '''Straight''': Fake Latin is used instead of real Latin.
* Averted: '''Averted''': They only use real Latin.
* Justified: '''Justified''': None of the characters in the setting know any actual Latin.
* Zig-Sagged: '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.
* Lampshaded: '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"

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Zig-Sagged: Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.

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* Zig-Sagged: Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.Latin.
* Lampshaded: "Hey Bob, you know that's not real Latin, right?"
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Basic Trope: The characters use fake Latin.
* Straight: Fake Latin is used instead of real Latin.
* Averted: They only use real Latin.
* Justified: None of the characters in the setting know any actual Latin.
Zig-Sagged: Bob uses fake Latin, but Alice uses real Latin.

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