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To: pepsi_junkie
Language is far from immutable.

That's why Latin has been used for scientific work for centuries, it's a dead language so it cannot change....................

109 posted on 07/10/2015 6:11:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger
That's why Latin has been used for scientific work for centuries, it's a dead language so it cannot change....................

Decimate is not a latin word, it's an english word with a latin root. It's meaning and usage can evolve and change over time even if the root never will.

110 posted on 07/10/2015 7:07:00 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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