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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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Ivan Van Laningham
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