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Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.3dev.13: nits


From: T.E.Dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.3dev.13: nits
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:32:32 -0400 (EDT)

> 
> In a recent note, Philip Webb said: 
>  
> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:22:11 -0400 (EDT) 
> >   
> > yes, i know the problem re LITTERAL, which is best left like a proper noun, 
> > but that's no excuse whatsoever for `litteral', which is simply erroneous 
> > in the English language, tho' by you here no doubt carelessness (smile); 
> > as you may know, the word comes from Latin, where it has one `t', 
> > & this is a tiny example why Latin should be learned more widely. 
> > Lynx Change files are a permanent formal record of Lynx activities 
> > & should never knowingly contain bad spellings or grammar. 
> >  
> Ummm...  As I remember my high school Latin, it has two 't's.  :-) 
Latin origin - for a noun:
        littera

( unrelated
        littoral
;-)
  
> -- gil 

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