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Old Feb 10, 2017 | 6:52 am
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Platy
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Originally Posted by Eugeniusz Bodo
Q followed by U indicates Latin root of all the words in question, it is in fact iron clad rule of ancient Latin. Latin used to be a part of regular high-school curriculum in Europe until WWII. and an absolute standard among educated people those days. I dare to say it also worked better than twitter, idiots have been precluded from participating!
...quod erat demonstrandum...

(as a former advocate for retaining latin in UK high schools in the late 1980s...and someone who needed to do a latin scholarship entrance exam to study science at my university)
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