NO, that was a late Latin thing-- when the Leigons came home from the Frankish territories, they introduced the idea of merde diem, or sh*tty day, the regular Roman couldn't pronounce merde, so it became meri. How's that for "folk entymology"? :)
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Marcelo E. Magallon dixit: > > John Hasler is correct. The point is there is NO 12 am or 12 pm. As he > > explained, am means 'ante meridiem'. This `meridiem' [ ... ] > > ¿"meridiem"? are you sure it's not meridian? or is this the Latin form? > > I knew I should have never burnt my Latin dictionary... meri diem? > > Horacio. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
