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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: Butch Malahide <fred.gal...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:23:21 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sat, Nov 7 2009 9:23 pm
Subject: Re: Things we remember...
On Nov 7, 3:25 am, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> Butch Malahide <fred.gal...@gmail.com> wrote: No, "et cetera" = "and other things"; the same "ceter-", I guess, as > >On Nov 6, 8:26 pm, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >> Butch Malahide <fred.gal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >No such implication; "et al." stands for a Latin phrase (et alii?) > >> >meaning "and others"; the full list would be rather lengthy. > >> That's right. If by "and others" you mean "and other people." > >What's the difference between _et alia_ and _et cetera_? Are they just > "Et cetera" is "and so on". in "ceteris paribus". "And so on" = "usw" = "und so weiter". You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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