At 12:23 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > 1 2 3.92% amatorizationamo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death
At 09:50 AM 2/16/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC.
Of course, "mortgage" _does_ come from the root "mort": it essentially means you have agreed to keep paying until you die . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.
(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)
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