[Ads-l] apprenti

[Jonathan Lighter]

But stewardus (2nd declension feminine [uncommon]) > stewardi.

Elvis and apprentice are misconceptualized as "Elvus" and "apprentus."

Where dog-latin and Inglish meet.

JL

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 3rd decl. (common gender! Right, WG?
>
>
> Right.
>
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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