Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!duke!mgv From: mgv@duke.UUCP (Marco G. Valtorta) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Datum, museum, coliseum: a reply to Gordon Moffett Message-ID: <5043@duke.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 08:41:04 EST Article-I.D.: duke.5043 Posted: Fri Nov 9 08:41:04 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 21:15:58 EST References: <550@rayssd.UUCP> <747@utastro.UUCP>, <476@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: Duke University Lines: 8 Neither "museum" nor "coliseum" are latin words. "museum" is a word of Greek origin and "coliseum" derives from the Latin word "colosseus," which means huge, but it is not a Latin word. On the other hand, "datum" *is* a Latin word, so it makes sense to use it the way it is used in Latin. Marco Valtorta