Re: Smileys as extensions to the alphabet?

From: Ron Hardin (rhhardin_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:13:19 GMT

Brian M. Scott wrote:
> >>> e grege
>
> >> Yes, I'm sure many of us know that Latin *has* a word written "e". What
> >> does that have to do with abbreviating words that begin with "e" but
> >> aren't "e"?
>
> > That's the meaning of eg.
>
> There is no standard abbreviation <eg.>, and <e.g.> is, as
> Aidan said, the abbreviation of <exampli gratia>.

Another philosophical difficulty! I learned ``e grege'' and that's what it means
when I use it. I believe you will find the semantics work out better.

Also that there is no Latin word exampli counts a little against your version, at
least I'd suppose it would. 

-- 
Ron Hardin
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