[Ads-l] Is there *anything* that can't be dumbed down?

[Chris Waigl]

I'm not sure that using the English word for Easter is dumber than using
the Latin one. (A quick search turns up the term Easter candle in a book
from 1957, so it's not just a recent innovation.)

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 5:32 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Paschal" always makes me think of Camilo Pascual, ace curveballer of the
> old Senators.
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In an e-mail from America Media, published by the Jesuits:
> >
> > "_Easter_ candle"
> >
> > Back when, the term was "_Paschal_ candle."
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