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Posted by Uncle Pete (89 SE) on August 25, 2002 at 05:19:57:
In Reply to: "In Situ" eh? You never cease to impress me Uncle, with your vocab. I thought only scientists (like me) knew of that word. :o) n/m posted by Will on August 24, 2002 at 18:46:42:
Speaking of Latin, a strange thing happened on Friday. I went along to a funeral service (I'm chairman of my local residents' association - don't laugh - and they're all about ninety so they drop off fairly regularly). I was expecting the usual fifteen minute 'splash and dash' but ended up with a full blown Tridentine Requiem mass. I'm no churchgoer, but even so in my twenty eight years, the first 18 in enforced Catholicism, that was the first Latin service I've ever heard. Very strange. Anyway, top tip for vocabulary building...play lots of Scrabble! Where else do you find out that words like aa, ut, qi, qat etc. really exist :-)
Anyway - I am a scientist! I studied Physics in university. The interesting thing is that most people consider scientists to be next to illiterate. I'm not kidding - the Dean of the Faculty of Education assumed in all seriousness that because I was a physicist I couldn't spell. Grrrr.