> come up with their own personal backronym (like "ergo" or "example given"). I'm not a native English speaker, and I've never studied Latin, but I do have acc

> come up with their own personal backronym (like "ergo" or "example given"). I'm not a native English speaker, and I've never studied Latin, but I do have access to Wikipedia, Google, and dictionaries, and a policy of not using words I don't understand. If you come across something you don't understand, there really is no excuse for making something up instead of looking it up. It wouldn't be difficult to avoid horrors like "per say" or "segway".