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Article #1432Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
From: Graham Toal
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 08:50
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 08:50
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In article <BxFEz0.1nG@constant.demon.co.uk> slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley) writes: :Steven Miale (spm2d@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU) wrote: :: :: Most people tend to assume that "militia" == "military"; this is :: incorrect. Similar roots don't necessary imply similar meanings; :: compare "pedestrian" and "pediatrist". :: :Err, these two words do not have the same root. Pedestrian is from the Latin :pes, meaning foot; pediatrist is from the Greek pais (pi alpha iota sigma) :which means child. Militia and military _are_ cognate. : I don't think there *is* a 'pediatrist'. The child-doctor is a p(a)ediatrician; the foot-doctor is a *pod*iatrist, which comes from the Greek 'pod'... G [followups redirected to alt.usage.english] --
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns,alt.usage.english Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!gtoal From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need? Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Distribution: inet Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:50:45 GMT Message-ID: <BxFxwM.5tw@ibmpcug.co.uk> Followup-To: alt.usage.english References: <1992Nov7.180313.21346@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <BxFEz0.1nG@constant.demon.co.uk> Lines: 19