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 E3C9E1382C5 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:03:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D59DCE0982; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:03:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53805E096E for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:03:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ehIGl-0001Mm-8e for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:03:27 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:03:26 +0000 Message-ID: <2979311.yKovLQH099@peak> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost03c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 598517da-0574-4c9c-8e0a-d2cc7ec32d9d X-Archives-Hash: 78c1f85444675a3c4c4a3ecf8759aa09 Hello list, [Far off topic] I've been seeing some confusion recently about the abbreviations e.g. and i.e. Their meanings are: E.g. Exempli gratia - Latin for "for the sake of example"; I.e. Id est - Latin for "that is". HTH. I'll ge back to sleep now. [/Far off topic] -- Regards, Peter.