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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: quorum TheFallibleFiend #187061 10/02/2009 2:20 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh the term "quorum" could be the remnant of longer phrase It is. It's from the legal Latin wording enumerating members of a commission: quorum vos ... unum esse volumus 'of whom we wish you to be one' (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted quorum Jackie 09/10/2009 3:09 AM Re: quorum zmjezhd 09/10/2009 4:46 AM Re: quorum Faldage 09/10/2009 10:39 AM Re: quorum zmjezhd 09/10/2009 1:25 PM go figure.. tsuwm 09/10/2009 2:10 PM Re: quorum wsieber 10/01/2009 9:50 AM Re: quorum zmjezhd 10/01/2009 11:53 AM Re: quorum Jackie 10/02/2009 2:14 AM Re: quorum olly 10/02/2009 5:38 AM Re: quorum latishya 10/02/2009 6:13 AM Re: quorum Faldage 10/02/2009 11:14 AM Re: quorum zmjezhd 10/02/2009 12:48 PM Re: quorum TheFallibleFiend 10/02/2009 1:49 PM Re: quorum zmjezhd 10/02/2009 2:20 PM Re: quorum TheFallibleFiend 10/02/2009 8:24 PM Re: quorum BranShea 10/02/2009 7:31 PM Re: quorum Faldage 10/02/2009 7:37 PM Re: quorum latishya 10/02/2009 7:54 PM Re: quorum zmjezhd 10/02/2009 8:57 PM Re: quorum BranShea 10/02/2009 9:45 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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