[Buddha-l] Tibetan for...?
bclough
bclough at aucegypt.edu
Thu Jan 4 12:42:17 MST 2007
Right, Joanna, I meant to say this.
Brad
> Didn't you mean to write:
> Because not all educated and intelligent persons are pedants...[?]
> Pedantically yours,
> Joanna
----- Original Message -----
> > Why in the world can;t otherwise educated and intelligent persons
> > figure out that there is no such thing as a 'bicep'? 'Biceps' is
> > Singular and not plural (Latin, remember?).
> > --
> > F. K. L. Chit Hlaing
>
>
> Because not all educated and intelligent persons are not pedants and occasionally use words that are part of common usage, if even they are not correct strictly speaking.
>
> Brad Clough
>
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