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- From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
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- Subject: Re: Mixing Greek/Latin in product naming (was: Re:<None>)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.120958.4224@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 12:09:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.184247.2626@lsl.co.uk>, snail@lsl.co.uk writes:
- |> In article <1cok6sINN25m@iraul1.ira.uka.de>, S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa) writes:
- |> > or automobile (auto being Greek, mobil- being Latin, in pure Latin it would be
- |> > a ipsemobile or some such)? I am sure there are more good exaxples, but I know
- |> > too little Greek/Latin to come up with them right away.
- |>
- |> In England, I think we'd call it a motor car. Which two languages is that
- |> descended from? :-)
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- Latin and Latin (respectively).
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