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On Sunday 09 August 2015 15:51:10 Richard Owlett wrote:

> Lisi Reisz wrote:

> > [snip]

> >

> >> Because it's not a tax.

> >

> > In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge

> > that.

>

> I did a duckduckgo search for "apothecated". I got a bunch of

> colonial dictionaries. Their definitions seemed to make no sense

> in context.

>

> What's the Crown's definition?

> P.S. I've been been fascinated by linguistics for > .5 century

> due to Latin teacher reputed to have tutored Romulus et al and an

> English teacher reciting Beowulf in "original" with a running

> translation [*NOTE BENE* the quotation marks ;]

>

> Paraphrasing 'somebody', "Inquiring minds want to know".

It's not apothecated, it is hypothecated,

 

David


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