Mark Partous: > Perhaps I was not clear enough; unless I am mistaken, the "idem dito" WE > are using comes from the Latin "idem dicto", ... > That's what intrigues me: why did the English start to use the Tuscan > variant (ditto) of the Italian detto?
Maybe "ditto" is not only the Tuscan variant but sounds closer in English too, to the latin "dicto"? English is not my mother tongue, though. -- Luca - e-mail: p.stevens at linuxfan.it ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.2.1.1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
