Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 485163, member: 6370&quot;]Life is far too short to be insulted down to the fiber of ones being at people using a common colloquialism. Its just what people do, they often prefer a more informal terminology. Sometimes something becomes KNOWN more commonly by the the colloquial term.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The &#039;widows mite&#039; is actually a Judaean Lepton or Prutah...I know what they are talking about when they say widows mite and I don&#039;t think less of them, I don&#039;t think they are ignorant, I don&#039;t get offended...Or when people call the emperor Antoninus &#039;Caracalla&#039; or call a chimpanzee a monkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me...do you see the word &#039;Caligula&#039; on this coin? I dont..This is a coin of Caius Caesar (more improperly Gaius) So why is it that if I list a coin under the name Caligula people know who I am talking about but they couldn&#039;t care less about this guy name Caius.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/cng/073/enlarged/73000839.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>is this wrong that he is known only by a nickname? Should I be offended? Maybe I am not being offended enough.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My pet peeve is the improper use of their, they&#039;re and there...but I try not to call it out when I see it and I see it often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in