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[OT] Latin was: Liberals

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:48:21 +0200
Subject: [OT] Latin was: Liberals


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Burger" <yh728@victoria.tc.ca>

> Post hoc ergo proctor hoc reasoning here.

Allow me to be pedantic, That should be:

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Which roughly translates as "A happened after B, hence B caused A".

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".

Greetings
Karl Heinz

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