>BTW, I have just learnt from a US Army colleague that in the States
>"i.e." can be taken to mean "illustrating example". Here I use it to
>stand for "id est" which is Latin for "that is".
>
>Please tell me if my US colleague is telling me Porkies (Porkie Pies = lies).
>
>... just trying to save a little confusion ...
>
>Chris
I think your septic mate (septic tank = yank) is confusing it with e.g. and
has created a false etymology!
Andrew
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