Rob, In every industry there is a time for play and a time for work. I considered this thread to be the former.
Unfortunately, it didn't come across as such it seems. G. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Rob Bonfiglio <robbonfig...@gmail.com>wrote: > Wow.....that's a bit of a slap in the face. In my opinion, the entire > thread was clearly for fun, and not a lesson in professionalism. Sure, it > passed along some useful info. But I believe ME2 was being somewhat tongue > in cheek when he did so. > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Bill Monicher <bmacd5...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Gavin, >> Grab a dictionary. >> In the olden days, they were books that listed words. Lots of 'em -- >> along with their plurals etc. >> >> Nowadays, try http://www.onelook.com/?w=virus&ls=a >> >> Although your meaning was clear, Ben is correct. His (and my) >> pedantry aside, using cutesy variations for common words in a forum of >> professionals it at best, well, unprofessional. At worst, you look >> like a dweeb. >> >> If you can find even *one* dictionary that lists "virii" I'll apologize. >> Before you spend a lot of time looking, though, I'll give you a hint. >> No dictionary referenced by OneLook even lists the word "virii". >> There are two entries returned by the search, though. >> One contains the phrase, "generally considered incorrect" and the other >> is: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus Check it out. >> >> Regards, >> --BM >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Gavin Wilby <gavin.wi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Ben, >> > Wind down your pedant filter slightly hey! There's a good lad. >> > G. >> > >> > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Gavin Wilby <gavin.wi...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > I dunno - a word that I made up - its obvious that it used to denote >> >> > multiple virus's. >> >> >> >> What does the virus own? >> >> >> >> To form a plural in English, on a word that ends in an "s", use >> >> "es"; thus, "viruses". As one wag once put it: >> >> >> >> An apostrophe does not mean, "Look out! Here comes an >> >> 's'!" >> >> >> >> ;-) >> >> >> >> I've heard it argued that there is no Latin word "virus", and as >> >> such, one should follow the English pluralization rules, not Latin. >> >> >> >> -- Ben >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Gavin Wilby, >> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby >> > GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk >> > Sent from Isle Of Man >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > > > > -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk Sent from Isle Of Man ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
