Oh, hell, I'll play. The word trivia comes from the Latin "tri" (three) and "via" (road). As I understand it, back in the day when those words were bantied around, and all roads led to Rome, trading centers and little towns popped up where two roads intersected, but where three roads intersected, there were major markets, and news from far and near could be heard. This news, of course, travelled around, and was referenced as "trivia".
-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L ...and just by way of trivia, the Latin word "kalends" is the only word in that language to start with the letter "K"... on 10/22/03 6:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 15th of March. >From http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ides1.html : Kalends (1st day of the month) Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months) Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months Jack C. Applewhite Database Administrator Austin Independent School District Austin, Texas 512.414.9715 (wk) 512.935.5929 (pager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/22/2003 04:09 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Re: Boolean dates... When, exactly, were the Ides of March?
