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[Serge Harel]

> On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>
> > Boyle and Lindley, the word is spelled temperament. I agree that the "a"
> > seems out of place as our usage is rooted from tempering or tempered.
>
>     No, the point I was trying to make is that the correct spelling *is*
> "temperament." The "a" comes from the Latin root "temperare," to temper.
>
>
> Steve Brady, RPT


Hi

Yes your's right for the latin root but in fact
the word temperament is a french word with an accent on
the second "e" and it's a word of 17 century the
J.S. Bach period.


Serge Harel
Quebec,Canada
harel@qbc.clic.net