A Good Musketeer's Rapier, Probably Saxony, ca. 1600

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

... or else risk looking like ignoramuses ...

Oh, i like the term .
It reminds me of an academic friend i had, who fancied using a similar term: ignaro.
God save the Latin

[Chris Evans]

Fernando,

I was going to write ignorami instead of ignoramuses, but decided not to, just in case someone would write in and inquire if it was an esoteric Japanese paper folding craft!

Cheers
Chris