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Article #294Re: sic? was:Congestion Warnings Causing Congestion
From: Neil Worthington
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00
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On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:36:54 +0000, Andy Mabbett <amabbett@bham-assist.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <gG743RA+9$F1EwRw@jelibeli.demon.co.uk>, Ian Coombs-Lewis ><ian@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes >>where does the phrase "sic" come from > >According to my Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors [1], it's >Latin, meaning "thus, so". FWIW, another bit of Latin that printers and editors like to bandy about is "stet", meaning "let it stand", or more loosely, "er, you know that bit I just crossed out because I wanted you to print something different? well, don't bother, because I now realise it was right the first time". As you can tell, "stet" is short, sweet and takes up far less room on the page. -- Neil Worthington, Doncaster, UK. ====================================== Otto the Octopus invites *you* to visit the Excellent Eighth "Sunny Donny" Beerex: 16-19 April at the Racecourse Exhibition Centre. http://members.aol.com:/donnycamra/beerex2.htm
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1068d6,92fc714688766424 X-Google-Attributes: gid1068d6,public X-Google-Thread: 1058f1,92fc714688766424 X-Google-Attributes: gid1058f1,public From: neil.worthington@virgin.net (Neil Worthington) Subject: Re: sic? was:Congestion Warnings Causing Congestion Date: 1998/03/25 Message-ID: <35198f92.27056384@news.virgin.net> X-Deja-AN: 337699499 References: <6f8esi$qd1$1@ftel.ftel.co.uk> <gG743RA+9$F1EwRw@jelibeli.demon.co.uk> <2teJb4EmlBG1EwoX@bham-assist.demon.co.uk> Organization: Virgin Net Usenet Service Newsgroups: uk.transport,birmingham.misc