[Buddha-l] Tibetan for...?

bclough bclough at aucegypt.edu
Thu Jan 4 09:55:08 MST 2007


> Why in the world can;t otherwise educated and intelligent persons 
> figure out that there is no such thing as a 'bicep'? 'Biceps' is 
> Singular and not plural (Latin, remember?).
> -- 
> F. K. L. Chit Hlaing


Because not all educated and intelligent persons are not pedants and occasionally use words that are part of common usage, if even they are not correct strictly speaking.

Brad Clough
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