# I.e. vs. e.g **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641 "2006-04-23T04:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Phenex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phenex/32/686_2.png) [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/21 "2006-04-23T16:20:57Z")
Nope! Thou hast beeneth PWNdeth! 😛 [ot]Silly me :P[/ot] ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/22 "2006-04-23T22:58:26Z")
> [@Poseur](#): > > Jumping on the “my life is thoroughly improved now” bandwagon. > > Here’s a fun one that I use a lot because I’m pretentious – > **q.e.d.** : “quod erat demonstrandum,” or “which was to be demonstrated.” Use at the end of mathematical proofs, or to sound cool when you’ve laid out a bunch of evidence and basically won an argument. :] Pfft we shorten that down to I.a.n at our school (I’m A Nerd) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/23 "2006-04-23T23:36:56Z")
We use q.e.d., too. Only when we want to feel arrogant, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![upuaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9fc348/32.png) [@upuaut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/upuaut)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/24 "2006-04-24T00:56:40Z")
> [@kdd](#): > > i think that tip is useful, thanks nokrev. 🙂 Ditto… that’s got to be the most useful post I’ve read in months. I always wondered about that nokrev. Thank you a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/25 "2006-04-24T01:50:14Z")
Haha… I guess I’ve qualified myself somehow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thesparky007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thesparky007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesparky007)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/26 "2006-04-24T02:16:03Z")
i am pretty surprised you guys didnt know those before! i feel smarter now! thank you all!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/27 "2006-04-24T02:33:09Z")
:lol: Don’t be a jerk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Big\_Al](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Big_Al)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/28 "2006-04-24T03:08:16Z")
Well, if handy latin phrases are what you’re after, there’s a nice big list over here: > **[h2g2 - Oops.](https://h2g2.com/alabaster/A218882)** > > h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything _Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/29 "2006-04-24T03:10:58Z")
_non sum radix lecti_ 😉 I take Latin 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/30 "2006-04-24T03:47:54Z")
nice one Big Al! i never knew nota bene, but i.e. and e.g., knew those since 5th grade;) ---
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/31 "2006-04-24T11:30:33Z")
I always assumed i.e. meant “In Example” n.t.s.: Never assume anything… ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/32 "2006-04-24T11:33:20Z")
You must be related to my boss. ---
**Author:** ![thesparky007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thesparky007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesparky007)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/33 "2006-04-24T12:24:05Z")
> [@Eilsoe](#): > > I always assumed i.e. meant “In Example” > > n.t.s.: > Never assume anything… nts is never assume anything? are you sure sounds more like never tassume anythign ---
**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/34 "2006-04-24T12:56:29Z")
> [@Eilsoe](#): > > I always assumed i.e. meant “In Example” :lol: me too… Nice info though Nokrev [whisper]adds 1/4 a point to Nokrev’s mod elections :lol:[/whisper] ---
**Author:** ![phorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@phorte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phorte)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641/35 "2006-04-24T13:11:37Z")
> [@Poseur](#): > > Here’s a fun one that I use a lot because I’m pretentious – > **q.e.d.** : “quod erat demonstrandum,” or “which was to be demonstrated.” Use at the end of mathematical proofs, or to sound cool when you’ve laid out a bunch of evidence and basically won an argument. :] Oh oh! i learnt that one in Senior Maths. Never got to use it much though, cause i could never actually come to any mathematical proof… ☹ Didnt know kirupa had turned into “[kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) - Shocked Flash Resource for Tutorials, Downloads, Support, Links, _and waste of time Latin Abbreviations_.” But haha! awsome post nokrev! oh this one cracked me up: _Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam._ [ot]why is it when you write in Latin you feel compelled to put it in italics??[/ot] [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-e-vs-e-g/186641.md?page=1)