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 9DF211382C5 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 00:08:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3F0CE0BF2; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 00:08:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt0-f196.google.com (mail-qt0-f196.google.com [209.85.216.196]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F8D8E0BD8 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 00:08:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt0-f196.google.com with SMTP id a27so28869212qtd.1 for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:08:46 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:subject:to:references:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; bh=owALmk8CRKVaUrcc1oiTs8pFTQrr5loGwC9nUF0qCvU=; b=B9vG+figLjnhms0t4TNfSypbdwcHFBX4/YfrzapwZOqOSCvKbveyrquGvu2Jat6yi+ KmnuePAXKbV6fmi9tKt1V910GeHA+MuTY2hFvgefxOGPvmqCJGu0yOuYUxk7xNVR1TyN LrGxT0q8XbEXPxGitJHphvHs/sV37jJbIKOnGBva84r8jgLQi9EfpZjP0kGRW4EfnGy3 JDpzGWOVumtAQod3JBxEwWoIrh4XmXMSh6ow/lFRjVBVX0jg/Eg/O3CaQvZBn/ROzO6B 5PTrRbzQc3t4SJtM84l5zoTj1gLgsnHn82VNB67OI0C4Fwu7UWnUcHS0AMZ3d1wJPZT2 ei7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytezEDMjeMrL99Y576Rk8wJkz8kFyXg3daVDmEMa7dZgAXsUqUwn I4FETCKwgZdqv4Sha+ilwoBzRIaR X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x224DaQaw4EZi33L2eTNKjBzKBGgxEOgXccHBXJYue4NOgbFaWgIimt6hgcXJTOWcGNp6YZrWcg== X-Received: by 10.237.61.9 with SMTP id g9mr1299398qtf.82.1517530125695; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:08:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ffortso4 (c-76-23-130-96.hsd1.ct.comcast.net. [76.23.130.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w4sm534923qtk.6.2018.02.01.16.08.45 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:08:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:08:44 -0500 From: Jack Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2979311.yKovLQH099@peak> <20180201185530.592dfe59@digimed.co.uk> <20180201225214.GA9390@kern> In-Reply-To: (from grant.b.edwards@gmail.com on Thu Feb 1 18:34:11 2018) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.5.3a-288-gcbc3eaab Message-Id: 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; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c61b9d7b-5c82-41c7-973d-165f8ee0be51 X-Archives-Hash: e12ada5c0190da3081fea8073ceb9961 On 2018.02.01 18:34, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2018-02-01, Jack wrote: > > On 2018.02.01 17:52, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > [snip...] > >> PS.: As a non-native, I always found e.g. and i.e. easy to keep =20 > apart > >> because when you say "e.g." as a word without the dots, it becomes > >> "eg", which, phonetically, is the start of the word "example". > > > > A non-native speaker of English, or a non-native speaker of Latin? >=20 > Are there any native speakers of Latin? Not any more, that I know of, but I believe it some residents of =20 Vatican City might come close, or at least be extremely fluent. Jack=