From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B17341382C5 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D26E1E0AE1; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73309E09D8 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF8212EB00A for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3AiDrVkQnxL1 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-78-201-206.dyn.295.ca [45.78.201.206]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 427602EA6D9 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:10 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:17:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:10 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Message-ID: <20180201211710.GV2030@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2979311.yKovLQH099@peak> <20180201184757.GT2030@ca.inter.net> <20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-Archives-Salt: ff536045-a7fd-4e79-adfd-2e04712352a2 X-Archives-Hash: 4bf8db524479ab87b1f8a601f4081671 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 . -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca