Oh, I am so glad that when I checked how I labelled my vita (curriculum vitae) that all it had at the top was my name and the date of the most recent revision!
;-) Claudia At 02:10 PM 11/19/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > And the plural? > > (drum roll, please) > > Curricula vitae or (if we're getting really pedantic) curricula vitarum. > > And remember to pronounce that v as a w. > > ;-) > > Bob > > ******************************************** > Robert T. Herdegen III > Elliott Professor of Psychology and Chairman > Department of Psychology > Hampden-Sydney College > Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943 > 434-223-6166 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************** >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin J. Bourgeois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:54 AM >> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences >> Subject: RE: 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, “Don’t believe me? Look it up.” I looked it >> up (Webster’s collegiate): >> >> cur-ric-u-lum vi-tae: a short account of one’s 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. > ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Professor Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
