Re: "two peoples separated by a common language" -was {Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn}
On Sunday 09 August 2015 21:51:10 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.
Typo and old age with recalcitrant fingers. Also lousy proof reading. I
believe taht I have mentioned taht before. Sorry. :-(
HYpothecated.
> 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".
2. to allocate the revenue raised by a tax for a specified purpose
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hypothecated?showCookiePolicy=true
Lisi
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