Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:22:40 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers) Message-ID: <3EE9FA50.9F1D1601@mindspring.com> References: <200306131226.h5DCQ4Hh009716@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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Mark Murray wrote: > Paul Robinson writes: > > Hate to get into a bitch-slapping fight here, but Terry is right. The modern > > thing with thumbs-up meaning "good" doesn't translate directly to the Roman > > era. It's well established in historian circles, pretty much every Roman > > historian who is considered credible etc., all agree - thumbs up meant > > death, and thumbs down meant mercy. > > I guess my Latin teacher was wrong, then :-) There are actually two major variants of Latin people teach, as well, and neither one would let you talk to Seneca the Elder without him looking at you funny... but I digress. 8-) 8-). -- Terry
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