Comments on: What I really learned at Oxford http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford/comment-page-1#comment-303502 David Bradley Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:39:45 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford#comment-303502 I just wrote a post about <a href="http://www.sciencetext.com/traders-beware-ebay-long-tail.html" rel="nofollow">eBay</a> and was going to use the phrase <i>caveat emptor</i>, and then thought, no it's not only about buyers, it's about sellers too. So I took a guess at what that phrase might be and then Googled it: <i>caveat venditor</i>, I was right. But, like I say the post is about both buyers and sellers and so that didn't fit either... In the end, I opted for <i>caveat mercator</i>. If that doesn't mean what I think it means, then my total lack of an education in Latin will have all gone to waste ;-) db I just wrote a post about eBay and was going to use the phrase caveat emptor, and then thought, no it’s not only about buyers, it’s about sellers too. So I took a guess at what that phrase might be and then Googled it: caveat venditor, I was right. But, like I say the post is about both buyers and sellers and so that didn’t fit either…

In the end, I opted for caveat mercator. If that doesn’t mean what I think it means, then my total lack of an education in Latin will have all gone to waste ;-)

db

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford/comment-page-1#comment-303464 Tom Chandler Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:33:54 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford#comment-303464 Seems to me you're overlooking a killer niche. With a little refresher study, you could be <b>The World's Only Latin-Capable Copywriter</b>. I'm just saying. Seems to me you’re overlooking a killer niche. With a little refresher study, you could be The World’s Only Latin-Capable Copywriter.

I’m just saying.

]]> By: Michael http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford/comment-page-1#comment-303435 Michael Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:13:16 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/what-i-really-learned-at-oxford#comment-303435 Excellent. I always tell my kids that many of the most important things they learn at school will not come from the text books or be on a test. They will learn how to deal with different types of people, how people think, and how large group dynamics work or don't work. This in additional to all of the random personal stuff. I value my college education and miss those college days. I miss even more teaching. The lessons I learned from my students stick with me to this day. Excellent. I always tell my kids that many of the most important things they learn at school will not come from the text books or be on a test. They will learn how to deal with different types of people, how people think, and how large group dynamics work or don’t work. This in additional to all of the random personal stuff.

I value my college education and miss those college days. I miss even more teaching. The lessons I learned from my students stick with me to this day.

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