Doron wrote: > I wonder if I am the only one who does not know > the meaning of "mutatis mutandis" I rather like "mutatis mutandis" because it is hard to find a concise English equivalent, but I'm sure you're right - it should go. It is no longer appropriate to assume that an educated audience is familiar with Latin! A relevant anecdote: We have been forced to sweep our course material to remove any occurrences of the abbreviation "n.b." (Latin "nota bene", note well == pay attention) because many audiences have no idea what it means. I think "mutatis mutandis" is less widely known than "n.b.". Before long, we will need to get rid of "i.e." and "e.g." because they are so often confused and abused :-) -- Jonathan Bromley, Consultant DOULOS - Developing Design Know-how VHDL * Verilog * SystemC * e * Perl * Tcl/Tk * Project Services Doulos Ltd. Church Hatch, 22 Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1AW, UK Tel: +44 (0)1425 471223 Email: jonathan.bromley@doulos.com Fax: +44 (0)1425 471573 Web: http://www.doulos.com This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and Doulos Ltd. reserves all rights of privilege in respect thereof. It is intended for the use of the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system, any use, disclosure, or copying of this document is unauthorised. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Doulos Ltd., unless specifically stated. -----Original Message----- From: Bresticker, Shalom [mailto:shalom.bresticker@intel.com] Sent: 24 September 2007 10:15 To: Bustan, Doron; sv-ac@server.eda-stds.org Subject: RE: [sv-ac] survey I did not know either and I am a native English speaker. In any case, there are many non-native English speakers on the committees. A word to the wise. My favorite word is galimatias. Shalom From: owner-sv-ac@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ac@server.eda.org] On Behalf Of Bustan, Doron Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:08 AM To: sv-ac@server.eda-stds.org Subject: [sv-ac] survey Anyone? The m-w.com says: Main Entry: mu·ta·tis mu·tan·dis Pronunciation: \m(y)ü-ˈtä-təs-m(y)ü-ˈtän-dəs, -ˈtā-təs-, -ˈtan-\ Function: adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin Date: 15th century 1 : with the necessary changes having been made 2 : with the respective differences having been considered --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Israel (74) Limited This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Israel (74) Limited This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content by MailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean.Received on Mon Sep 24 02:36:48 2007
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