Re: "Yer Ugly Mug," etc
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 4:56 |
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Sally Caves scripsit:
> Oh, I suppose... I was expecting John's usual demurral, something about how
> I assign more deviousness to him than he deserves, etc. etc. etc. Demural.
> Demurral. How do you spell that word?
I demur, as I say, I engage in demurral. I am not so devious.
> On another listserv, we are being bombarded with student bloopers. [...]
> In a 15th cent. Irish manuscript, I've found et reliqua, for et
> cetera, which I've used for Teonaht.
And the rest, and others, what's the difference? Et reliqua looks like
good Latin to me, not a blooper of any sort.
My favorite blooper of this type is "doggy-dog world".
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