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

  • From: Merrill Morrow <merrill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:23:57 +0000



>
> On Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 10:20  PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
>>
>> On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 06:14  PM, Bob Shell wrote:
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>>>
>>> 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>
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On 24 Jan 2005, at 09:55, Bob Shell wrote:
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> Actually, a Bingo is a type of wild Australian dog.  If you adhere to
> the Aboriginal language conventions, the plural is Bongo.
>
> Bob
>

Not to be confused with the spiral horned African antelope [bongo] or 
the other wild Australian dog [dingo], plural dingoes (with an 'e'). I 
apparently have nothing better tom do this morning either.
Come on, people, lets get back to Rolleis...... please!

Merrill

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