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From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: used to
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:12:26 +0100
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credoquaabsurdum wrote:
> Mike Lyle wrote:
>> credoquaabsurdum wrote:
>> [...]
>>> ...and everyone knows, of course, that nothing has changed in the
>>> English language since 1968...
>>
>> One thing that _has_ got frozen, however, is the Latin for
"because".
>> Unless I'm missing a trick, of course: but I know Tertullian
didn't
>> actually say it.
>>
>> --
>> Mike.
>
> Well, you're missing a minor trick. A very minor one. "Quai" in
> Classical Latin was occassionally written as "qua" in Vulgate.
[...]
> You gotta wake up earlier in the morning than that,
Mike...especially
> since, unless I miss my guess, we're not in the same time zone.
I could pretend I'm not impressed; but I won't.
--
Mike.
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