On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 09:55:02AM -0400, Daniel B. wrote:
> "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> >
> > on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > > >...
> > > >
> > > > Octopus is greek. The correct plural is o
"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
>
> on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > >...
> > >
> > > Octopus is greek. The correct plural is octopuses damn it!
> >
> > ... so shouldn't it be 'octopedes' IIRC? Harala
* Deryk Barker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Thus spake Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My personal pet peeve is:
> > > > http://diction
Thus spake Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > >
> > > My personal pet peeve is:
> > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi
> > > oc?to?pus( P
on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> >
> > My personal pet peeve is:
> > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi
> > oc?to?pus( P ) Pronunciation Key (kt-ps)
> > n. pl. oc?to?pus?es or oc?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > My personal pet peeve is:
> > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi
> > oc?to?pus( P ) Pronunciation Key (kt-ps)
> > n. pl. oc?to?pus?es or oc?to?pi (-p)
> >
> > Octop
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
>
> My personal pet peeve is:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi
> oc?to?pus( P ) Pronunciation Key (kt-ps)
> n. pl. oc?to?pus?es or oc?to?pi (-p)
>
> Octopus is greek. The correct plural is octopuses damn it!
... so shou
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:55:19 +0200,
Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It's "grammar".
>
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form
> > of virus is viruses.
>
> Last t
Am Mi, den 22.10.2003 schrieb Nicos Gollan um 15:55:
> It's "grammar".
>
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form of
> > virus is viruses.
>
> Last thing I heard was that the original word had no plural at
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 03:55:19PM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> It's "grammar".
>
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form of
> > virus is viruses.
>
> Last thing I heard was that the original word had no p
It's "grammar".
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form of
> virus is viruses.
Last thing I heard was that the original word had no plural at all, so as I
see it we're all free to write what we want. "Little
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