Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 18:20:37 +0000, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 19:56:16 -0400, "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>wrote:>Oh, and it's not in my dictionaries either... >>> >>> >>>>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=virii >>>>http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=viruses >>>>http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=virii >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Try using a _real_ English dictionary, like, say, the Oxford Dictionary. >>> >>> >>> >>"Virii" is not in the OED either (neither is "viri"). The plural is >>given as "viruses". >> >> > >Was it the full version OED? I'm pretty sure I saw it in there somewhere. I >could've been wrong, though -- it's been a while :) > It was the online (subscription) verison, which AFAIK is complete.
> > > >>BTW, while I'm a big fan of the OED, I would have to count >>Merriam-Webster as "a real English dictionary". >> >> > >Webster started his dictionary because he wanted to 'reform' the English >language. He had certain kooky ideas about English, and he was the originator of >today's 'American' spellings. Apparently, he also wanted to change words like >'tongue' to 'tung' but some other people stopped him before he went too far out >to the deep end. Nevertheless, much of the 'reform' continued. I can't trust any >work that has such an agenda; it's just not academically ethical. > > Actually, I wouldn't have minded if his ideas on spelling had gone further, but some of his other ideas were really kooky - IIRC he wanted to rewrite the Bible with no bad words or references to sex. Sir Robin -- "We're clouds over the sea, or flecks of matter in the ocean when the ocean seems lit from within. I know I'm drunk when I start this ocean talk." - Rumi Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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