Re: is order urgent doubt

CBFalconer <cbfalconer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Richard Bos wrote:
jacob navia <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ad nauseum?

Quand on ne parle pas latin, moet men ook niet doen alsof.

English is not queasy about adopting words and phrases from other
languages. Ad nauseum so qualifies.

I know the English have a habit of perverting any phrases they steal
from other languages, but I was not yet aware that they'd done this with
ad nauseam.

Richard
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