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"Is bridge the right word?"

This is not really very relevant but I think we have made a colossal mistake in calling a bridge a bridge. Here's the dilemma:

Many english words are derived from Latin. Often these words follow the same patterns as words in English do. Let me give you an example:

fons, fontis = fountain
mons, montis = mountain

see, there's a pattern.. BUT

pons, pontis = bridge??!!

seems like somebody made a transcription error. So what I'm trying to tell you is that you should be calling bridges POUNTAINS because that's what Latin tells us. And it surely has to tell us something otherwise they wouldn't teach the subject...

I took Latin at school.

Ubi Est Cubiculum?

Speaking of Latin, does anyone know where I can translate something into Latin for our office motto? I couldn't possibly tell you what, though.

But I thought they only taught Latin to kids who wanted yet another (admittedly dead) language, because they couldn't hack science subjects? ;-)

This is not really very relevant but I think we have made a colossal mistake in calling a bridge a bridge. Here's the dilemma:

Many english words are derived from Latin. Often these words follow the same patterns as words in English do. Let me give you an example:

fons, fontis = fountain
mons, montis = mountain

see, there's a pattern.. BUT

pons, pontis = bridge??!!

seems like somebody made a transcription error. So what I'm trying to tell you is that you should be calling bridges POUNTAINS because that's what Latin tells us. And it surely has to tell us something otherwise they wouldn't teach the subject...