Dear All Museum-Lers:

I apologize to Peter, clearly offended by my foolishness.

Thankfully, I do not suffer from "foolish consistency" as in
Ralph Waldo Emerson's oft-quoted, "A foolish consistency is
the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen
and philosophers and divines." (Essays. First Series.
Self-Reliance.)  However, I do ascribe to Pliny the Elder's
"To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been
granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and
then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity." (from
Natural History. Book vii. Sect. 2).

Peter . . . I would suggest you watch or read a bit of
Loretta Laroche.

Jay Heuman, Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
342-3300 (telephone)     342-2376 (fax)       www.joslyn.org

Peter Gray wrote:
> No no no. In this case (no pun intended) "vitae" is a
genitive
> singular, not a plural (although the plural is also vitae,
of course).
> "curriculum vitae" could not be plural, though.
> Really, I would suggest that if you don't know a language,
> you should not comment on it (or attempt jokes using it)
if
> you want to avoid looking foolish in public.

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