[lbo-talk] etymology

[Jim Devine]

> Doug Henwood wrote:
> >> Yup to the epithet. I tried similar things to that (Mac Tiger comes
> >> with the Oxford American Dictionary, which has the same etymology),
> >> but he swore, based on "7 years of studying Greek & Latin," that if
> >> you go further back, they have a common root.

that's another point against classical education. 

-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.