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ONLY NICE THINGS
11:17 / 30.03.04
Jub - cottidie is a possible spelling. I believe that the more reputably-transmitted texts of Cicero have "cotidie", and I generally advise people, if they are looking for "neutral Latin", to use Cicero. Either way works, though.

On "an everyday jacket" - this is the occasion for one of my tedious speeches about how you don't carry meaning precisely across languages, which for the purposes of brevity I will skip. Short answer yes - "everyday" as in jacket or oooh-oooh people is "cotidianus -a -um" (or "cottidianus, if you like) - used as a metaphor in this sense by Cicero. If you want "daily" in the sense of ablutions then "cotidianus -a -um". If you want "every day" as in I write the book or my baby takes the morning train, then cotidie.

Wembley - If you use "quotidie", which is attested albeit less correct, I won't tell on you, but it does have the disadvantage of surviving in English as "quotidian", used both of ordinary, mundane things and of a particularly nasty form of malaria, so may not be right for your presentation...
 
 
Smoothly
11:19 / 30.03.04
In that case, Bear, the ludicrously Starck Light Bar at the St. Martins Lane Hotel should perhaps feature on your itinerary. Funds permitting.
 
 
Saveloy
09:20 / 31.03.04
Following E Randy Dupre's suggestion:

I'VE STARTED A NEW VERSION OF THIS THREAD

Please use the new thread to ask new questions. To avoid confusion I suggest that we continue to use this thread to answer outstanding queries, or continue convos atarted here. Eventually it will die and we can chop it down and make furniture out of it, or a big barn to keep our hats and shoes in.
 
 
Spaniel
10:12 / 26.01.05
Resurrect!

Right-ho, can anyone tell me whether blowing your nose is of any benefit above and beyond relieving discomfort?
 
 
_Boboss
10:33 / 26.01.05
better out than in. swallowing snot might be good for regularly updating the immune system - john mcriricks' stand on bogey eating is TRUE i tells yer.
 
 
Ariadne
10:49 / 26.01.05
Why resurrect this thread when there's a nice new one? This was getting too long.
 
 
Spaniel
10:54 / 26.01.05
Cause I'm horribly ill and couldn't find the other one.
Looking at the screen for longer than a couple of minutes brings on nausea.
 
 
Spaniel
10:57 / 26.01.05
'Cause I'm horribly ill and couldn't find the other one.
Looking at the screen for longer than a couple of minutes brings on nausea.
 
 
Bed Head
11:11 / 26.01.05
Here. Get well soon.
 
 
Spaniel
11:37 / 26.01.05
Thanks, Bed-Head.
 
  

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