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February 22, 2011

 

Dear DMC

What my colleague Bob says is clearly true – and not at all spurious – as it is confirmed by Wikipedia.  I think the Latin for “dull man” was probably “Romanus”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurius_Carvilius_Ruga

Regards

Steve Reszetniak
London

To: Reszetniak, Steve (BIAA Tax Treaty Team)

Subject: You need to know this

The letter G was invented by a Roman called Spurius Carvilius Ruga.

Bob Wightman