"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:56:28 -0000, Hildur K.
> <hil### [at] 3dcafemailevery1net> did spake, saying:


> And make note of that "anarchic" you just used; an-archy. So Xerocracy is
> rule through photocopiers whereas Xeroarchy is where you're ruled by a
> photocopier.

Good point. Thanks for pointing that one out for me. Never thought about the

becomes quite clear.

> Especially since those terms are either Latin or Ancient Greek :-) We do
> like grabbing words from other languages and adding them to our own in a
> unique way. It helps that our own 'default' language is such a hodge-podge
> of other languages.

Yes, I did learn some Latin, but I skipped Greek, had Spanish instead. Maybe


I think I remember correctly they told us that about 52% of the English language
is inherited (partly through French) from Latin and Greek and the rest is
Germanic.  My language is mostly Germanic, so those 48% are rather easy to
figure out. But those 52% can be a drag. I spent years and years with the old
faithful Oxford dictionary by my side. Do you have any idea how many words
start with con- in that dictionary? Thank god for on-line dictionaries. They
are life-(and time-) savers :-)

Hildur

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