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Latin abbreviations

As a lot of you know the Latin people occupied Great Britain for centuries. So then a lot of people spoke Latin and a lot of prest words in English come from Latin. For example, "street" comes from "strata", which means "camp". Then there are alot of English words which are Latin forms. Especially in medicine, there are a lot of them, like "pneumonia, bronchitis, thyroid, penis, appendicitis", and so on. As well as, words like "album, pendulum, addendum, auditorium", etc. 

If you see the work reference page most abbreviations are in latin, like "per, in, data, cum, a.m., p.m., BRT., c., Cod., R.I.P, etc., ex, fer., gr., i.e., ind., lib., m.s.,n.b., nil, Ph.D., rubr., etc.

A long time ago I gave a lesson in a teachers' class in Hastings about it, because if you aren't Latin origin people, you can't realize how many words and abbreviations are from Latin. My English teacher was very interested in them and appreciated my lesson. I hope you will too.

M. Alessandra Agostini

Ex teacher of English in a secondary school

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Friends

Friends are free.

Friends are on our way.

Just give your hand to them

And they will give theirs.

On the Web

There are a lot of people

They are from different countries

They can give you something new

They can teach you to be broaden minded

Maybe they had been waiting for you

For a long time

To exchange their friendly love.

Ale

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A = a                             R = are

B = bee                          T = tea

C = see, sea                    U = you

D = dee                          X = ex

I  = I                              Y = why

M = am

N = an

O = oh

P = pea

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A book is a treasure

A book is  a treasure,

a friend, an enemy,

a lover, a companion.

All that you read in a book

could be fascinating,,

creative, charming,

suggestive, attractive,

but also pensive,

melancholic, sad,

depressing...

but anywhere, anytime

it's a coffer with

all its treasures.

 

Alessandra

3/12/2009

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