On 03-12-1994 I read a message dated 29-11-1994 in which Brian
Converse wrote

BC> QS> Good one! It's a smallish firm, and he's likely to be 'primus inter
BC> QS> pares'
BC> 
BC> You people bought Primus? Is that "smallish" or "swedish"?
BC> sometimes msgs get garbled.

It's Latin. 

BC> the US educational system is rotten about languages, other than

Clearly.   

QTS
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