On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 at 06:03:08, mccorkle wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
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> The above reminds me of my teacher in a creative writing class
>in my collage days. She exorted us to use shorter, more to the point,
>AngloSaxon words rather longer, more complex Latin words. I suspect
>she would have put Greek words in the same catagory as the Latin words.
>Other than AngloSaxon words English probably contains more Latin words
>than any other sourse.
I know quite a few short Anglo-Saxon words that I am sure not even
_your_ teacher would like (8-)#
Funny how that term has the worng connotation nowadays.
Tony
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