Zdi se mi, da je spodnji citat zanimiv, in upam, da ne bo koga
razjezil. Khm, ima kdo 'mumps'? :-)
Lep pozdrav,
Ales
mumpsimus (MUMP-suh-muhs) noun
1. Adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language,
memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy.
2. A person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice.
[From a story, which perhaps originated with Erasmus, of an illiterate
priest who said mumpsimus rather than sumpsimus (1st plural perfect
indicative of Latin sumere to pick up) while reciting the liturgy, and
refused to change the word when corrected]
"This mumpsimus ascends the highest heaven of invention, but does not
hold up under the applicable case law or the facts."
Ann McGuire, The quality of mercy is not strained, Michigan Law Review,
Feb 1999.
This week's theme: eponyms.
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/mumpsimus.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/mumpsimus.ram
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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back
to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then
the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a
lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. - Leonardo Da Vinci
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