# Use of Latin in Posts (Note from What Exit)

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**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-latin-in-posts-note-from-what-exit/933249 "2021-02-18T19:24:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-latin-in-posts-note-from-what-exit/933249/8 "2021-02-18T20:05:01Z")

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The rule against using foreign languages in posts is not new. I found [this official FAQs post from 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faq-rules-for-posting-at-the-straight-dope-message-boards/369395/8?) that codifies it. I seem to recall the rule is actually a couple of years older than that. There is an exception for “foreign words or phrases that have come into English.” That arguably could apply to _De mortuis nil nisi bonum_, which can be found in many English dictionaries including [the Merriam-Webster dictionaries.](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20mortuis%20nil%20nisi%20bonum).

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