Re: Dead languages?

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Date: 07/08/04 

Date: 8 Jul 2004 13:57:45 -0400

In article <ccjv0q$jlv$1@peabody.colorado.edu>,
Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:

[snip]

>But did that dictionary get rid of the word "Latin", to make way for "Java"?
>CoBOL is much more commonly used than Latin is.

Well, this thread's probably a troll... but I've noticed that 'commonly
used' is often dependent on where one looks; standing in a supermarket
check-out line I've often seen tabloid headlines of '(person) Hot About
New Latin Lover!'...

... and I imagine exchanges like 'Britannia insula est!' 'Gallia est omnis
divisa in partes tres!' 'Vidi, vici, veni!'

DD

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