Christopher Vance's little joke deserves wider appreciation. Heracles is the Greek name for the figure known to the Romans as Hercules. Hence, he should know :) Christopher Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 05:49:44PM +1100, Heracles wrote: > : derived. This the plural of a word ending in -us was usually -i. > : eg octopus octopi. > octopodes > Greek, 3rd declension - not Latin at all - as you should clearly know. Ob Linux: Later, Ken Yap : > There is no "English convention". English took plural forming > conventions from many languages, e.g. ox -> oxen from Germanic > languages. Tux -> Tuxen ? Jamie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
