Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 18:20:37 +, 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.
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