From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Oct 16 14:13:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16990 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:13:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16884 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:13:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17530; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:12:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19981016161208.37302@futuresouth.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:12:08 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Neil Blakey-Milner Cc: Malartre , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD User Guide References: <199810160202.EAA26210@ocean.campus.luth.se> <3626C622.23A4E9B6@aei.ca> <19981016145302.A7957@rucus.ru.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19981016145302.A7957@rucus.ru.ac.za>; from Neil Blakey-Milner on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 02:53:02PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 02:53:02PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner woke me up to tell me: > On Fri 1998-10-16 (00:05), Malartre wrote: > > I would also like to know the -exact- meaning of "ie." > > Something like "exemple"? > > "eg." is "example." > "ie." is "in other words." If memory serves (which it usually doesn't) i.e. is from the Latin 'id est', which means about the same as the French 'C'est', literally 'it is'. 'eg' I can't remember for the life of me. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message