Reply #44: Re: Point of order [View All]

[Nihil]

> Point of order, is it possible to enjoy trivia if you're already enjoying
> trivium?

I believe it is most definitely possible to enjoy "insignificant trifles of
little importance" as interludes to break up the (slightly) more serious parts
involving "the lower division of the liberal arts: grammar, logic & rhetoric"
without causing too much confusion on the part of the reader by having the
former as the plural of the latter.


> Unless you meant tritium, which is different in trivial ways.

Who would have thought that changing a single letter, a difference in ASCII
of merely two, could have such a wide-ranging effect on the E/E readers?

Few people would get upset about an excess of trivium at an educational
establishment but if it were reported as "tritium" ...?!
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(ETA: Such a wide-ranging effect that I managed to type it twice before noticing!)