Stephen wrote:
> I did not know that "Barista" had entered the English language. Other
> than that I know all of them.

I've only ever heard it in reference to Starbucks. :-)

The only word I didn't know is sapphic.

And, incidentally, yes, Oedipus is supremely f'ed up. That's pretty much 
why it's still a part of the language thousands of years after it was 
written, in a different language yet.

> I would not say "supremely illiterate" but you don't have a broad
> enough education.

Or you don't read enough difficult books. Or you read them and skip the 
hard words.

It's sometimes fun trying to figure out what my wife (who learned 
Chinese first) is asking when she comes across a word she doesn't know. 
  "What's a mig-non?"

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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