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[Opinions] Re: Cateline?
in reply to a message by Lily8
I find Cateline undesirably reminiscent of Catiline, the Roman demagogue who strove unsuccessfully to establish himself as dictator.Pairing Augusta (Augustus) with Cateline (Catiline) creates quite the paradox!
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dittofirst thing I thought of was the Catiline conspiracy.
Probably not going to be a factor for most, unless you happen to have taken a classics course, though.
I would definitely pronounce it as 3 syllables on first glance.

This message was edited 4/5/2009, 8:30 AM

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