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To: mike head who wrote (16368)	3/3/1998 10:50:00 PM
From: Flagrante Delictu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32384

Mike, Thanks for posting the list of famous Latin phrases. The one that resonated most with me was the quotation by Phaedrus " Varietas delectat." Many years ago, I watched the Johnny Carson show. His guest was the distinguished anthropologist, Ashley Montague. Carson asked Montague what was the best aphrodisiac. Montague shot back, "Variety", copying Phaedrus. Bernie "aphrodisiac" is a medical compound used for the same purpose as Viagra, Muse, etc. This sentence is for the edification of those who might want to know the relevance of the utterances to biotechnology.

To: mike head who wrote (16368)	3/4/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Torben Noerup Nielsen	Respond to of 32384

Mike, >Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, (meaning: "Furthermore I >adjudge that Carthage must be destroyed"). This was Marcus Porcius >Cato's tag-line to every speech he made in the Senate. Thanks for the correction. I am really getting clobbered on my historical inaccuracies today! It is kind of interesting since I learned Latin using a different base language (Danish) and by a process of transitive closure, I would associate ''esse" with ''should" instead of ''must". I would also have come up with ''razed" from ''delendam", but that could be because I have a tendency to use archaic English words at times. Somehow ''razed" seems stronger and more fitting than ''destroyed". Funny how the base language effects things. Mea maxima culpa once again. Fortunately, I am a computer scientist and not a historian :-) By the way, the Cato quote is one of my favorites. And Carthage was eventually razed. Cheers, Torben