tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post110176936377798584..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: the slow death of the greco-latin pluralUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1102462427749904772004-12-07T18:33:00.000-05:002004-12-07T18:33:00.000-05:00I've heard someone (ok, me) say "criterium", think...I've heard someone (ok, me) say "criterium", thinking that this was the proper <I>Latin</I> singular...doh!<br /><br />BTW, it's nice to find a fellow conservative in the Classics world. I'm a post-bac at UPenn and man is it liberal up here. Cura ut valeas!!PETRVShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377033280859707632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1101920820217280672004-12-01T12:07:00.000-05:002004-12-01T12:07:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345145443997305028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1101919709208483802004-12-01T11:48:00.000-05:002004-12-01T11:48:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345145443997305028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1101901897614299322004-12-01T06:51:00.000-05:002004-12-01T06:51:00.000-05:00Media? Stadia? Auditoria? Bacterium? There are sti...Media? Stadia? Auditoria? Bacterium? There are still a few of us who (at least attempt) to get these things right. Can’t do the English crosswords if you forget these.<br />Of course it really all went wrong way back when, as CP Snow said about Television. It’s a combination of a greek root and a latin one, and no good will come of it.<br />Some of us also find more modern uses for old phrases as in:<br />http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2004/10/ceterum_censeo_.htmlTim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com