Re: Craigslist--Latin words that betray

"Todd H." <bmiawmb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Check out the first item description. It is either:
a) a sofa that converts to a bed posted by someone thinking a
latin word will make their item seem a little more posh
or
b) unusually stark truth in advertising


http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/gms/431268414.html


I really feel bad for non-native speakers of this crazy language of
ours.

What's next, everyone snickering at someone graduating magna cum laude?
A quick Google shows this phrase seems to be normal in the Indian
English, couldn't say whether that's also true of British English, but
we know for sure by the responses in this thread it's not true of
American English (where the item in question would be a sofa-bed).
Sorry if I sound like a cranky old man - OK, not really all that sorry.

-S-

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