Re: [OT] Latin was: Liberals

Karl wrote:
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Burger" <yh728@victoria.tc.ca>
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>> Post hoc ergo proctor hoc reasoning here.
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>Allow me to be pedantic, That should be:
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>Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
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>Which roughly translates as "A happened after B, hence B caused A".
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>e.g. "I had a bad day in the office. This morning, a black cat crossed
my
>path. Hence, the black cat caused the bad day in the office".

I sit corrected, Karl! How long have I been misspelling 'propter'? :>

My original point is probably understood, anyway.

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