On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:02:29PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> For what it's worth, the more usual *Latin* phrase is actually "hoc
> est"!

I guess you wanted to say "ad hoc"

> The ideographic status of "i.e." and "e.g." (in *English*) have well
> been demonstrated by asking unprepped native speakers to read text
> aloud and seeing what they actually say.

Same applies to any abbreviation. Do the same for IANAL, FWIW, IMHO,
etc.

Mike


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