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Re: flabbergasted by gps
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2011 Feb 22, 23:02 -0800
From: "Anabasis75@aol.com" <Anabasis75@aol.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 10:48:37 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: flabbergasted by gps
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2011 Feb 22, 23:02 -0800
Better than most of us get it. Here's the scoop on the phrase...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum
From: "Anabasis75@aol.com" <Anabasis75@aol.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 10:48:37 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: flabbergasted by gps
Isn't it "illigitimi non corborundum?" Although I probably butchered
the spelling.
In a message dated 2/23/2011 1:40:53 A.M. Bangladesh Standard Time,
alan202@verizon.net writes:
Patrick:
Re your problem with GPS, and it's reducing man's quest for understanding, it's just a machine. Othwerwise, and please bear with me reespecting my really terrible latin, Noli Bastardus Carborundum.
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