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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!lsl!snail
  2. From: snail@lsl.co.uk
  3. Newsgroups: comp.arch
  4. Subject: Re: Mixing Greek/Latin in product naming (was: Re:<None>)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov9.184247.2626@lsl.co.uk>
  6. Date: 9 Nov 92 17:42:47 GMT
  7. References: <DOCONNOR.92Oct21114702@potato.sedona.intel.com>  <1cok6sINN25m@iraul1.ira.uka.de>
  8. Organization: Laser-Scan Ltd., Cambridge
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  11. In article <1cok6sINN25m@iraul1.ira.uka.de>, S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa) writes:
  12. > or automobile (auto being Greek, mobil- being Latin, in pure Latin it would be
  13. > a ipsemobile or some such)? I am sure there are more good exaxples, but I know 
  14. > too little Greek/Latin to come up with them right away.
  15.  
  16. In England, I think we'd call it a motor car. Which two languages is that
  17. descended from? :-)
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  19. snail@lsl.co.uk      
  20.  
  21. You Have To Remember, You Need To Beleive,
  22. The Time Has Past, Dust In The Leaves.
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