> Been an interesting read-up on this topic I must say, and it would be > interesting to see how this translates into American too.
Who do you think you've been talking to? ;-) Scott Glasgow (Scots-German American, thank you.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Clutterbuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:35 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] OT: language (was Viruses) > It's amazing when something you take for granted for so long suddenly turns > out to be wrong. For years I've always been taught that the plurals of > virus, octopus, syllabus, duck-billed platipus and words ending in the same > way was always the "i" version. > > But it seems that common usage and popularity come into play more than > Latin, Greek or Latinized Greek origins do (such as "hippopotami" is correct > but because it sounds so pedantic common usage has forced the plural to > become "hippopotamuses"). > > Now I was aware that in the realms of the internet, "viruses" was the > accepted plural, but I always believe that to be the product of an amount of > "dumbing-down" of language to prevent Joe Soap from getting confused, but > perhaps it's more to do with the use of "viri" seems grammatically elitist, > so common usage has become "viruses". > > Been an interesting read-up on this topic I must say, and it would be > interesting to see how this translates into American too. > > MOU > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
