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chance
May 22, 2012, 5:54:15 AM5/22/12
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Rem instrumento obtuso tetigistit.
TIA
CK
TIA
CK
Johannes Patruus
May 22, 2012, 8:30:12 AM5/22/12
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means something like "You have touched the matter with a blunt instrument".
It would appear that the coiner of this expression in alt.usage.english
intended it to be understood as "You have put the point with bluntness".
Compare and contrast with the common expression "Rem acu tetigisti" (where
"acu" = "with a needle"), which is interpreted to mean "You have put the
point with accuracy" or, more idiomatically, "You've hit the nail on the
head".
Patruus
chance
May 22, 2012, 9:15:37 AM5/22/12
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