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Re: [Phys-l] Latin (Used to Be - English Please)



According to Wikipedia:

"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, without attribution, renders the phrase
as de gustibus non disputandum; the verb "to be" is often assumed in
Latin, and is rarely required."

Don Polvani
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Undersea Systems
Annapolis, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
[mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Tom
Sandin
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:22 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Cc: Rauber, Joel
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Latin

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

De gustibus non est disputandum


(day GOOS-ti-boos nohn est dis-poo-TAHN-dem) Latin for "There's no
disputing about taste." Another version of this saying is "There's no
accounting for taste."

At 10:53 AM -0600 11/30/06, Rauber, Joel wrote:
My spelling is no doubt in error!

Thanks for the correction

de gustibus non disputandum

Correct?
________________________
Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU

Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293



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