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Re: Audire, audimus, audit... uh, say what?



You wrote:
	Brett Dikeman (whose signature file hints that he really ought to 
	know better) asks about Audi:
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I believe Brett once admitted a friend wrote that for him.
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> Is that what AUDI stands for?  I was always told it mean "to listen", 
> ie, the companies merged and "listened" to each other, the "listen" 
> to consumers/drivers.  

	This looks like a job for... Mister Dead Language Guy!

<Great stuff snipped>  Thank you for the entertaining summary.

	- --Scott "Audi est omnia divisa in partes Quattuor" Fisher

                .... Kirby   (Kirby A. Smith)
                      duo MCMLXXXVIII nonaginta quattuor
                          Novem Hampshirem, USA