From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180201211710.GV2030@ca.inter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk>
180201 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:47:57 -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
>> And while we're at it (grin), 'e.g.' has the same force as 'etc',
>> so it's duplicating effort to write 'e.g. fire, flood etc'.
> 'etc' is from the Latin 'et cetera',
> meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking of any more".
Roughly (smile) : as a Classicist by training,
I would translate 'and all the rest (of them)'.
The Romans were very practical people who didn't waste time or effort,
but got on with the job & built an empire which lasted 500 years .
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Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-01 17:03 [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:12 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 18:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-01 18:47 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 18:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 19:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-01 19:25 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 21:17 ` Philip Webb [this message]
2018-02-01 22:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 23:39 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 0:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:30 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 4:48 ` allan gottlieb
2018-02-02 5:31 ` Floyd Anderson
2018-02-01 23:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2018-02-01 23:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:52 ` [gentoo-user] [OT] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:05 ` Jack
2018-02-01 23:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-02 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:08 ` Jack
2018-02-03 0:19 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-03 8:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-03 17:24 ` Wols Lists
2018-02-03 18:32 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 23:42 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 7:34 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 7:47 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-02 7:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 8:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 10:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 17:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-03 0:21 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-02 4:06 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 8:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 20:05 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 20:34 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 23:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-03 8:44 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 20:37 ` allan gottlieb
2018-02-01 23:45 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 0:25 ` R0b0t1
2018-02-02 0:41 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 1:58 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-03 13:46 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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