PEDANT’S HOLIDAY.

Wikipedia is the world’s greatest outlet for the pedantic instinct. Consider the beginning of the article on St. Benedict of Nursia:

Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; Vulgar Latin: *Benedectos; Gothic: Benedikt; c. 2 March 480 – c. 21 March 547 AD) is…”

Could one be more pedantic than that? Yes, indeed one could. One could do what Dr. Boli was sorely tempted to do, which is to add “[citation needed]” after the Vulgar Latin and Gothic forms.