Latin and latinization...

Timothy S. Ross rosst at CGS.EDU
Fri Dec 8 19:10:07 CST 1995


My two cents' worth again:
        In my humble opinion, Latin should be spelled with a capital "L",
but when used as a verb (latinize) there is no logical reason to spell it
with a capital "L".
                                Tim. (teetering on a soapbox).

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TIMOTHY S. ROSS
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RSA-POM Herbarium
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