Just as long as the difference has nothing to do with pig latin.
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Nick Cox wrote:
> The Statalist language police (internal affairs)
> in the persona of Marcello "nice cop" Pagano queried
> this one, so I double checked, as I should have
> done before firing off.
>
> I find, in terms of etymology, that -explanans-
> and -explanandum- are valid alternatives to -explicans-
> and -explicandum-. I also find on the evidence of Google
> counts that the former are much more widely used
> than the latter.
>
> So, sorry, I was wrong here, although I cling to a very tenuous
> suspicion that the point may reflect differences
> between British Latin and American Latin.
>
> Nick
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> Nick Cox
>
> > From an etymological point of view: I think the usual
> > terms are explicandum and explicans, or in English
> > what is to be explained and what is offered as
> > explanation. Your point is valid; this is just
> > an automated reply from Statalist language police
> > (Latin section).
> >
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