Date:  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:21:36 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Decision Making ProcessEEZ



Well, fecis IS a nice back-formation (and no worse than 'cherry' or 'pea',

etymologically speaking). But what 'feces' (orig. 'faeces') is REALLY a plural

of is...yup, 'faex', which my Latin dictionary defines as 'grounds', 'dregs',

'earthy deposit', 'brine (of pickles)', etc. And we always thought it was

just short for 'facsimile'.

  --Larry

P.S. One fax, two ...