Hello Robert,

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 06:15:21 -0600 GMT (06/03/03, 19:15 +0700 GMT),
Robert C Wittig wrote:

MP>> People who talk about virii try to make a plural of a plural. :-)

> Actually, the 'accepted' plural for 'computer virus' is 'computer
> viruses'... but I prefer to use virii...

> a) because it looks cool, and
> b) because it is used a lot among virus and malscript authors.

You have reasons. Unlike Latin (and Mark is perfectly correct about
Latin grammar), English is a living language and changes over time. I
personally prefer 'virsuses' (the word), as this is used by
Trend-Micro in their newsletter, and it feels correct to me, too (not
cool, but that is a matter of opinion). I am not in touch with
malscript authors and don't consider them an authority on the English
language, though.

> I hadn't intended to start an off-topic debate.

Too late. I haven't seen any trouts flying lately, so let's continue
until the mods wake up. ;-)

-- 

Cheers,
Thomas.

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"It's best for employers that I not work with people."

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