Latin words and phrases

Subject: Latin words and phrases
From: DAVID IBBETSON <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 16:33:54 -0400

Bill Burns writes:
>Martyn,
<snip>
>BTW, we're in agreement on the use of Latin borrowings as well; I just like to
>stay away from proclaiming an absolute ban on their usage. (Always avoid
>absolutes--and alliteration. ;-)

"Agreement", "use","Latin", "proclaiming", "absolute", "usage", "avoid",
"absolutes" and "alliteration" are Latin borrowings.

Doubtless Bill's sentence could be rewritten, but I'm not going to try.

David (the idiot who knows little Latin and less Greek) Ibbetson
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