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Re: Tame latest pre-release



Michael Norman wrote:

At 12:10 AM 7/4/2006, Harry wrote:
Why the "but"? Did you mean "and" or did you mean "but there some text size problems UNresolved..."
Not to play the parsing professor

Since my name have been invoked, I'll point out that
the distinction between `and' and `but' is not always as clear-cut as one might think. Many late Latin authors use `et' (Latin "and") where logic would seem to call for `sed' or `autem'(Latin "but"). As in this charming ditty (apologies to the lawyers on the list):
Sanctus Ivo erat Brito,
Advocatus et non latro;
Res miranda populo.
[St. Ives, he was a Briton,
A lawyer, but not a robber;
A matter of wonder to the folk.]

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