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In a previous article, danco@titan.ucc.umass.edu (DANIEL F COHEN) says:

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> miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>PL436000@brownvm.brown.edu (Jamie) writes:
>>>>From: pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman)
>>> 
>>>>    SG         Zeleny has perfected the argumentum ad loudmouth. 
>>> Jamie         I wonder if Grossman actually knows what "ad" means, or if he
>>>               only *mistakenly* called himself a loudmouth?
>>> Miner         Apparently you don't know what it means either, unless you're
>>                kidding...<:-)
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>Um...alright, help out a poor kid with only a couple of years of university
>Latin: I was always under the impression "ad" meant the same as "to," "up
>to," or "near to."  Hence, "argumentum ad loudmouth" would seem to be
>a rather silly approximation of "arguing to the loudmouth," which, given that
>Zeleny's aruments were directed at Grossman, would suggest that Grossman, was,
>indeed, the loudmouth in question.
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	The Latin "ad" like the French "a (accent grave)" can mean any of
those, or can mean "with".