what is this crap? i asked for help with a patch program not a latin class. stop sending this crap! >From: "Daniel A. Koepke" <dkoepke@CIRCLEMUD.ORG> >Reply-To: Circle Discussion List <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca> >To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca >Subject: Re: [CIRCLE] [newbie] need patch program >Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 23:22:40 -0700 > >On Thu, 9 May 2002, Jamie Nay wrote: > > > Take it from me, I've been studying Latin for three years now. "i.e." > > stands for ille est, not id est. > >First and foremost, please spare the list such noise. If you're going to >share with us your knowledge of grammar and diction--and such pursuits are >mostly welcome--then, I beg of you, also have the decency to adhere to >list standards by providing the obligatory, topical addendum. > >Second: > >It is said Comenius and Erasmus were learned in Latin. The world would >have one fewer falsehood had you only been alive at such time to put to >shame such claims of knowledge for Alas! they used "id est" to mean "that >is." > >Perhaps after you succeed in having Comenius erased from history's esteem, >you can work on revising the Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford English >Dictionary, and Oxford American Dictionary, for they more boldly suggest >that <<is, ea, id>> additionally translate to "this, that" and "id est" to >"that is." > >Kindly taking it from you, > >-dak > >-- > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | > | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | > | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Chatta med kompisar online, prova MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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