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From: P.L. Steppic
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 00:00

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In article <geoffmD6n7wM.5xG@netcom.com> geoffm@netcom.com (Geoff Miller) writes:
>
>
>In article <1995Apr6.034920.26550@gallant.apple.com> orc@pell.com (Orc)
>writes:
>
>> Now, and this is the tricky part -- why would someone put a 
>> recordable media like, say, a tape into a tape drive?     ^
>	     ^^^^^
>
>You wouldn't by any chance happen to mean "a recordable *medium,*"
>would you?  
>[...]
>
>Why are the singular forms of words derived from the Greek, such
>as "medium," "criterion," "phenomenon," and "sodomy," so difficult
>for otherwise literate people to grasp?  

Or "datum."  Betcha *you've* never used it incorrectly, have you, Geoff?

So having nothing else to do, and feeling like it might be fun to thrash
around with a big hook through my cheek, I'll ask:  

What *is* the pural of "sodomy," and where do you get the idea that it's
a Greek word?   

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From: pls9235@ultb.isc.rit.edu (P.L. Steppic )
Subject: Re: NETCOM acount deleted "accidentally", please read
Date: 1995/04/07
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