news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7705922.stm
in a nut shell, a number of local councils want to ban their staff from using latin terms because it might confuse people.
Now i'm not talking about quoting the republic but simple terms like "vice versa" "QED" or the abbreviation "e.g.".
i mean FFS surely this is just pandering to morons.
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to think this level of dumbing down has to be a joke?
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mayorquimby · 03/11/2008 14:01
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