Hey gang;
I noticed today that the "start menu" (in KDE) has this listing :
Configuration -> Packaging -> Software Medias Manager
Medias is mispeeled. Media is already plural and does not use an "s" at the
end.
Medium is the singular of this word.
Bob Finch
Lately some of my input has been appreciated in "odd" ways. In the hope of
precluding such behavior I will give some concrete additional info.
from Merriam Webster's on line dictionary;
2 entries found for media.
To select an entry, click on it.
Main Entry: 2media
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural me·di·as
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: plural of medium
Date: 1923
1 : a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression; especially : MEDIUM 2b
2 a singular or plural in construction : MASS MEDIA b plural : members of the
mass media
usage The singular media and its plural medias seem to have originated in the
field of advertising over 50 years ago; they are apparently still so used
without stigma in that specialized field. In most other applications media is
used as a plural of medium. The great popularity of the word in references to
the agencies of mass communication is leading to the formation of a mass
noun, construed as a singular <there's no basis for it. You know, the news
media gets on to something -- Edwin Meese 3d> <the media is less interested
in the party's policies -- James Lewis, Guardian Weekly>. This use is not as
well established as the mass-noun use of data and is likely to incur
criticism especially in writing.
