Latin Makes Your Teeth Shiny White!

I had occasion to use the word vademecum today, which doesn’t happen that often, but whenever it does I’m reminded of Vademecum toothpaste, which my mom used to use. This may be the first piece of Latin I ever learned (unless some of the pre-Vatican-II Latin mass stuck in my brain, which I guess is not impossible).

screenshot ffrom an old Vademecum commercial
https://www.oddballfilms.com/clip/13160_13270_vademecum

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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