[net.nlang] Datum, museum, coliseum: a reply to Gordon Moffett

mgv@duke.UUCP (Marco G. Valtorta) (11/09/84)

Neither "museum" nor "coliseum" are latin words. "museum" is
a word of Greek origin and "coliseum" derives from the Latin
word "colosseus," which means huge, but it is not a Latin word.  
On the other hand, "datum" *is* a Latin word, so it makes
sense to use it the way it is used in Latin.

				Marco Valtorta