Hi Sam,
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 06:24:21 +1000, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:50:05 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
>> I have also noted that F-Prot, which I use daily, will identify some
>> attached virii immediately, and a very few not until the message has
>> been opened and the attachments written to TEMP.
> I know it's become a custom to refer to "virii" but the actual
> and correct plural of "virus" in English is "viruses".
> I just looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary.
> Perhaps we can attribute the "virii" usage to the curious folkways
> of the computer world.
Or, we might just say that some of my Latin really did stick - from
50 years ago. :)
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
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