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Old 15-January-2009, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by grant hutchison View Post
Yikes. Mixed Latin and Greek roots!
A quadrumvirate or a tetrarchy, please.
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A minor sin. Such hybrids, barbarisms, are of frequent usage in science and technology; accelerometer, bioprospector, electroconductive, mammography, micro-gravity, servomechanism, etc.
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We can now continue to discuss the forum organization.
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