..... and the largest organ in the body is .................??
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Health matters
> Tsk tsk. But I disagree about the plural. Indeed 'intimae' is the plural
> of
> 'intima', but it's an adjective, a medical contraction of 'tunica intima
> vasorum' - the inner lining of the veins. In this case, 'intima' should
> remain in the singular, as all of the veins have but one lining.
>
> I am surprised that you fell into Chuck's deftly crafted trap, Chris ;-)
>
> Piers
>
> PS In deference to those who may be reading in ASCII text, I will not
> suggest that 'ae' should have been a digraph.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 June 2012 14:29
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Health matters
>
> Of course, I should have realised that.
>
> Chris
>
> On 28 Jun 2012, at 14:20, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Well, I did get the plural correct ("ae") but the extra "a" is just a
> typo.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 6/28/2012 1:13 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Nearly. "intimae"
>>>
>>> Continuing reading . . .
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 28 Jun 2012, at 02:47, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> intiamae (did I get my Latin plural correct?)
>>>
>>
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