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Ivan Van Laningham ivanlan at pauahtun.org
Thu May 19 09:51:16 EDT 2005


Hi All--

Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
> > Robert Kern wrote:
> >>dict.org says _forums_. I used _fora_, but I'm silly.
> >>
> > It also says "appendixes" and "indexes" are OK.  Yahoos.
> 
> Should that be "Yaha"?
> 

<g>  Nope.  I appreciate the sentiment, but "Yahoo" is neither Latin nor
Greek.  Instead, it was invented by Jonathan Swift for _Gulliver's
Travels_, published in 1726; since it is a made-up English word, it
follows the rules of English.

Metta,
Ivan 
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