[PRCo] Re: New Math

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Does anyone besides me have books on etymology on the shelf?  But should we
> need it to know that "deci" refers to tenths?  Don't we have a decimal
> currency?  [On the other hand, we continue to reject the Metric System.]

"From Latin Decimatio, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would 
be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep 
order in their military."

Ok, so, what, you deny they could be the 10th man, the one being stoned to 
death?