Re: [OM] OT: Use of verbs, was Re: olympus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31

[Charles Geilfuss]

< I wonder what they're going to call the fifth?>

Global Warming. ;^)

Charlie

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Palaeo? Is that like Paleo? <g> I take no offense. The Pleistocene is my
> favorite epoch, paleo-indians one of my favorite courses of study in
> college, not to mention the Paleolithic on a more global scale. (Of course
> no one's offered any conclusive evidence that the Pleistocene actually is
> over.) At one time I knew both the North American and European names for the
> four stages of Pleistocene glaciation. I wonder what they're going to call
> the fifth? <g>
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 5:35 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> > Think of it as living palaeography-cum-etymology (and
> > hope that Bob Whitmire doesn't take offence at being given the palaeo-
> > prefix).
>
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