• Owl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    5 months ago

    There’s plenty of gratuitous Latin to go around, e.g: ie, etc.

    There’s Latin gratuito plenitati to go around, exempli gratia: id est, et cetera.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      *around arotundus nerd

      nah but when you’re i.e.-ing, et ceterin’ you know you’re being technical or formal. latin via french (plenty, round, gratuity) is a different category because it conforms to english grammar, it doesn’t signal literacy & culture you gotta do modern french for that