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
