Shmuel wrote: | De mortui
which is perhaps a botched reference to the Latin tag De mortuis nil nisi bonum [dicendum est]. Latin dropouts would do better to refrain from pretention that betrays them into the ridiculous. In other words, get it right or avoid it: 'octopuses' is unobjectionable, albeit subliterate; 'octopi' instead of 'octopodes' is not. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
