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Mikael Eriksson Inner circle None of your business 1064 Posts |
What does the words Pros and Cons mean? I understand that Pros is good and Cons is bad, but I want to know more. Are they short names for something? Latin?
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Daniel Meadows Veteran user Manchester, UK 392 Posts |
Good guess Mikael.
Pro is not actually shortened, it is the latin word meaning "for, or in favour of". Con is short for 'contra', meaning "against". Contra is also used as the stem for other words such as contradiction or contraflow. The interesting thing is that studying Latin improved my English because you learn about the derivation of words and also correct syntax. It has had other uses than just being another GCSE.
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Mikael Eriksson Inner circle None of your business 1064 Posts |
Thank you! Yes, and also a lot of languages are related thanks to latin. Because of that learning spanish is easy if we already know english.
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Bernard Sim Inner circle Singapore 1095 Posts |
What about AM & PM?, I asked around and nobody seems to know.
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Mary B. Café Tech Advisor Howard City, Michigan 626 Posts |
PM is Post Meridian, and AM is Ante Meridian. Meridian is the middle of the day, or 12:00 noon.
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phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
What about p.s at the end of a letter/message? Thats always bothered me!
By the way, I thought PM meant private message! |
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Mary B. Café Tech Advisor Howard City, Michigan 626 Posts |
ps at the end of a letter is post script. PM can be many things! You got me on that one!
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Daniel Meadows Veteran user Manchester, UK 392 Posts |
What about "About Magic/Performing Magic"? (AM/PM). Just ask Mr Cutts.
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Marduke Kurios Veteran user Vancouver, Canada 316 Posts |
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Michael Peterson Inner circle is where I'm trapped, because of my 4071 Posts |
here's one-
A.M. & FM.- Amplitude modulation & Frequency modulation. ( I just wanted to be included) |
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Peter Marucci Inner circle 5389 Posts |
Actually, P.S. at the end of a letter is again from the Latin: Post scriptum.
And PM? Well, that's me! cheers, Peter Marucci |
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Daniel Meadows Veteran user Manchester, UK 392 Posts |
Aren't acronyms great?
Ok- two of the lesser known ones are "laser" and "radar". Without consulting a dictionary does anyone know?
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Missing_Link Elite user 442 Posts |
Laser is something like Light Amplified by Stimulation Emission of Radiation
Radar is Radio Detection And Something Begining with "R" that I can't remember! |
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Daniel Meadows Veteran user Manchester, UK 392 Posts |
Very good!
Radar= RAdio Detecting And Ranging
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Peter Marucci Inner circle 5389 Posts |
Actually, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
But close enough! cheers, Peter Marucci |
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Pauldela Special user U.K 882 Posts |
Ok what about D.V.D?
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc.
How about SCUBA? That's good one.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
Hey!! What happened?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Who edited that? That was fast!
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