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Author Topic:   Ingnorance bay be bliss but I dont want it
mikehager
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Message 14 of 20 (259764)
11-14-2005 11:22 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by ohnhai
11-14-2005 6:19 AM


sic
Way back when in Latin class I was told that it is short for a phrase (the entirety of which escapes me) which is translated as "Thus in the original".
Much like the notation "i.e" represents "id est" meaning "that is".
Both of the above are dependent on my memory be accurate, which is chancy at best.

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