Lingua Latina non mortua est quod eam loquimur BBC NEWS | UK | Councils ban use of Latin terms And just how many times, or on what contexts, has e.g. been confused with egg? :frusty:
A Campaign spokesman said the ban might stop people confusing the Latin abbreviation e.g. with the word "egg". Perhaps it is just a yolk!!! It is getting worse isn't it?
Sorry!! Like you I just cannot imagine how one could ever confuse the two! Why they didn't stop the awful adoption of French phrases egg "Tout de suite" etc. ......... oh now I see how! I was thinking of tomorrow's breakfast of e.g., bacon, sausages, tomatoes and mushrooms!!!!!
You are very welcome. Do you like one e.g. or two ..... sunny side up, vice versa or scrambled. Toast or sin of sins fried bread? Gallons of fresh orange juice and very strong black coffee. Mmmmm making me hungry just thinking about it!! p.s. does that make up for the bad joke?
I'm inviting myself over too, CT, if that's okay. I'll bring the e.g.s as our chooks have started laying. This Latin ban - surely there's a few people with nothing better to do? Wait, this is councils we're talking about so I guess I've answered my own question. Might as well ban most of our words since there's a fair proportion derived from Latin. Job-justification muppets. John, QED is "quod erat demonstrandum" - that which was to be demonstrated. Used when reaching a conclusion by deduction...according to Wiki. Have heard it used before but never used it myself.
