RE: vita, vitae, vitee

[Martin J. Bourgeois]

Title: vita, vitae, vitee

I knew my high school latin would come in handy someday: Curriculum Vitae= record of life, the -ae suffix being genitive, not plural.   Marty Bourgeois University of Wyoming -----Original Message----- From: Wallace Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 11/19/2003 11:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: vita, vitae, vitee I used to think this too, till I got into a debate with a high-brow psychiatrist.  He said, âDonât believe me?  Look it up.â  I looked it up (Websterâs collegiate): cur-ric-u-lum vi-tae: a short account of oneâs career and qualifications prepared typically by an applicant for a position. Curriculum vita is nowhere to be found.  But you can find it if you do look up vita alone, it says: vi-ta: 1. a brief biological sketch  2: CURRICULUM VITAE Apparently, one can use vita alone, or curriculum vitae, but not curriculum vita. wedj On 11/19/03 12:41 PM, "Cynthia Bainbridge Mullis, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And practically everyone has Curriculum Vitae at the top of their CV - Are they cats with nine lives?  This is such a pervasive error that I am seriously considering changing mine so that it's wrong. Knowing I've written it right is cold comfort when you worry that your vita will end up in the circular file because everyone is disgusted by your careless typo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.              |      Chair and Associate Professor      |     Rocket science is child's play   of Psychology                    |     compared to understanding   Department of Psychology           |     child's play East Tennessee State University    |       -unknown Johnson City, TN 36714             |          (423) 439-6656                     | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] b‹š­ç.®·§¶\¬¹»®&ÞvÚ-Š›±ªÜ+Þ¦è®èº{.nÇ+‰·¬zwZnV§‘é[h•æ¯zسŸ;Ñfœ²éß‹-nêàyÛ