TIME quoting Putin

[victor steinbok]

Pretentious? Perhaps. But I was just being honest.

OED :: vulgar a. I. 2. In common or general use; common, customary, or
ordinary, as a matter of use or practice.

More to the point, the OED etymology:

[ad. L. vulgar-is, f. vulg-us the common people. Cf. OF. and F.
vulgaire, Sp. and Pg. vulgar, It. volgare.]

Perhaps the problem was trying to think both in Russian and English at
the same time.

VS-)


On 9/12/10, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> "vulgar" in more Latin sense
>
> Give me a break, Victor. That's a bit pretentious for this level of
> discourse.
>
> --
> -Wilson

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