In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >.. > >I am trying to establish the origins of the abbreviation c.q. or cq or CQ, >sometimes used to indicate that a word or phrase is correct as printed. >One of the explanations I have been offered is that it is an abbreviation >of a Latin phrase, casu quo, which my informant says could be translated, >"as is the case." > Your informant wasn't informing on April the first, was he? If not, both his barrels fired equally wide of the mark.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body.