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3) On your final comment sleepy, I was wondering, do you prefer "data are" or "data is"?
I'm slowly getting used to data are, having been committed to "data is", for years. Apparently the Times still uses both. The example you were wondering about seems more natural for me to use the plural because the reference to the "collection of ex-presidents". With data, I guess I've always been used to viewing it as singular. I have to admit, although it makes my prescriptivist fairy cringe, that my ear prefers "data is". Thing is, you almost never hear "datum", but I suppose that would be "datum is". Sometimes ya just gotta throw up your hands and go with your gut! :0) Oh, but "collection" is singular, and is the subject, whereas "of ex-presidents" is only the modifier. If you drop the modifier, are you still comfortable? "...the only people that know are the collection we have."
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There are basically two main pronunciations of Latin: Classic and Ecclesiastical.
Classic would call Caesar: "Ky zer"
Ecclesiastical would say; "Say zar"
If you are classic: it is: su ee gay nay ris
if you're Ecclesiastical: su ee jen er is
You can subdivide the Ecclesiastical into, mainly, German (Caesar = tseh sar) and Italianate (Caesar = tsheh sar). There may be other versions of the Ecclesiastical. Then there's US legal Latin which is basically an abomination. Sine die, which would be "see neh dee eh" in Classical, or either of the main Ecclesiasticals, is "sigh knee die" in US legal.
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[/quote] Oh, but "collection" is singular, and is the subject, whereas "of ex-presidents" is only the modifier. If you drop the modifier, are you still comfortable? "...the only people that know are the collection we have." [/quote] I guess I fell into the trap there. Now I feel very uncomfortable! 
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On the other hand, it's not the collection that knows, it's the ex-presidents that make up the collection. And they know.
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There are basically two main pronunciations of Latin: Classic and Ecclesiastical.
Classic would call Caesar: "Ky zer"
Ecclesiastical would say; "Say zar"
If you are classic: it is: su ee gay nay ris
if you're Ecclesiastical: su ee jen er is [/quote]
Well, since Obama claims to be the President of the common man, what is he doing using Latin regardless of the way it is pronounced? To me it is too "generous sooey" amy way you slice it.
I thought A.W.A.D. dealt with words that were common to English. There are some Latin phrases and clauses that may have become appropriate to spoken and written English; but it would seem that this is not one of them.
I don't think I'm long for AWAD's Forums. Since beginning to post here, I've been getting a lot of canned ham and was getting none before.
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Classic would call Caesar: "Ky zer"
Ecclesiastical would say; "Say zar"
The reconstructed classical pronunciation of Latin would pronounce Caesar /'kajsar/ (in Greek it was transcribed Καίσαρ kaisar) and the Italian (or Ecclesiastical) would be /'ʧɛzar/. Many of the European countries have (had) their own peculiar Latin pronunciation bringing it more into line with the phonological inventory of the corresponding national languages.
Since beginning to post here, I've been getting a lot of canned ham and was getting none before.
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On the other hand, it's not the collection that knows, it's the ex-presidents that make up the collection. And they know. Thank you Faldage. I'm feeling more comfortable again..
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Then there's always the German pronunciation of Latin. Yet another variant. Exactly. I think I was just thinking about taking Latin in the US and changing schools in high school. I had to learn to re-pronounce everything Veni, vidi, vici. l) Vay nee, vee dee, vee chee 2) wen nee, wid ee, wik kee.
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For those who did not read AWAD< Anu, this week:
Joke a few years past. Chinese restaurant served
Chop suey generous.
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3) On your final comment sleepy, I was wondering, do you prefer "data are" or "data is"? Data is ...an android.
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