On behalf of the poster I'd like to say mea culpa. It was kind of an ad hoc example though, and perhaps they didn't mean that specific example per se but more the large number of Latin phrases one comes across daily without really thinking about it.
I guess we could continue this thread ad infinitum because there are plenty more examples but I'll leave this as de facto proof that Latin remains used: Et cetera.
I would posit that for Latin words and phrases to have become “de facto” English is ex post facto the historical prevalence of people having learned Latin.
I guess we could continue this thread ad infinitum because there are plenty more examples but I'll leave this as de facto proof that Latin remains used: Et cetera.