From: John Grigg (starman2100@lycos.com)
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 17:18:23 MDT
Loree wrote:
>No John... it's not English but Latin...
Ahah! It does have that "ancient Roman sound" to it!
you continue:
It's a preposition that means "with all due respect
to" as in the phrase "I do not, pace other list
members, believe that a Singularity will occur within
this century."
(end)
This already has been explained to me.
you continue:
It seems to me that is how Damien was using it. It
can also mean "peace" or "by favor".
The problem you ran into was you looked up the English
word "pace" which is a completely different word, even
though it's spelled the same.
Did that clear things up?
(end)
Thanks for the inside info on the latin roots of the word. But actually, a good dictionary would include the latin meaning.
A long time ago I think I saw an old film with a Roman senator using "pace" this way in a speech before the senate. Later on most of the characters were killed off in a vicious internal conflict. You know, the usual stuff from that era!
I'm just glad Damien and I are not ancient Roman senators... : )
best wishes,
John
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