From: Bruce Lilly (blilly@erols.com)
Date: Wed Apr 14 2004 - 18:58:12 CDT
Usenet News Support wrote:
> Bear in mind that the root is Latin, not English. Unless someone suggests
> using another dead language it actually avoids "my language is as good as
> yours" thinking
No, it in fact amounts to "linguistic fascism" for those whose languages
are not derived from Latin, including all Middle Eastern languages, all
Oriental languages, languages used by aboriginal people worldwide, African
languages, Greek, Russian and other Eastern European languages, and
languages used in the Indian subcontinent -- all told well in excess of
75% of the world's population. "Re is an abbreviation for the Latin" is
a smokescreen.