[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Regardless, the more apt translation is "The disease, not the beer."

JL

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:56 AM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> For us plebeians, Gtrans says
> Chronic disease, it is not beer,
> If you try to stay! "(Said Julius Caesar)
> Dung, man! What are you trying to say? (said Varrhenius  Cerevesarius)
> Well said Ionatana!
> Speculative Grammar written by Marcus Mandelensis
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:29 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > "Quid, me anxius sum?"  - Alfr. E. Neumannus
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 9:17 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > "Si conamini, prohibebo!" (ait Julius Caesar)
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:45 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Stercus, vir! Quid conaris loqui? (ait Varrhenius Cerevesarius)
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> > > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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