[rollei_list] Re: OT - Sorry to be pedantic, and all that ... (was: Latin Plural of Virus)

  • From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:55:15 -0500

On Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 10:20  PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:

>
> On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 06:14  PM, Bob Shell wrote:
>
>>
>> On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 05:49  PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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>>>  Bingo is Latin??
>>
>> Yes, Gaius Julius Caesar had a dog named that.
>
> No, Bob, that was Augustus' dog. (Sorry to be pedantic, and all that
> ...)
>
>
> Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/AllMyFiles.html>
>


Actually, a Bingo is a type of wild Australian dog.  If you adhere to 
the Aboriginal language conventions, the plural is Bongo.

Bob

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