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To: Tommaso who wrote (47979)2/19/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: Eggolas Moria  Respond to of 132070
 
<cum granum saltum ---
Not to get pedantic on you, but this comes closer to meaning something like "like a Mexican jumping bean" (very freely translated).

"cum grano salis"--I think is right. With a grain of salt. >

My tort prof always apologized when he used the phrase and now I now why.<g> I like your free translation though.