Someone interested in a cold...
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Sorry, but it's option two from your sig! :laugh: True, the word "virus" comes directly from Latin (for "slime" or "poison"), but not all Latin words ending in -us have -i as their plural. Besides, "viri" is the Latin word for "men" (plural of "vir", "man", the root of English "virile"). The convention for forming the plural of Latin words in English is to use the Latin plural form, or (if Latin does not actually have a plural form) to form the plural in the normal manner used for other English words. "Virus" is a second declension noun ending in -us, so it gets -es appended. Such a simple language! :laugh: (My Latin master would have had a fit to see that: he despaired of getting me to cope with "amo, amas, amat" never mind using "second declension noun" in normal conversation))
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OriginalGriff wrote:
using "second declension noun" in normal conversation
normal?
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Perfectly normal for this place - I'm just surprised DD didn't jump on this one! :laugh:
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Sorry, but it's option two from your sig! :laugh: True, the word "virus" comes directly from Latin (for "slime" or "poison"), but not all Latin words ending in -us have -i as their plural. Besides, "viri" is the Latin word for "men" (plural of "vir", "man", the root of English "virile"). The convention for forming the plural of Latin words in English is to use the Latin plural form, or (if Latin does not actually have a plural form) to form the plural in the normal manner used for other English words. "Virus" is a second declension noun ending in -us, so it gets -es appended. Such a simple language! :laugh: (My Latin master would have had a fit to see that: he despaired of getting me to cope with "amo, amas, amat" never mind using "second declension noun" in normal conversation))
Interesting fact: The Geordie phrase "whey-aye", pronounced more like "Why eye" has a latin derivation, and should probably be spelled Wii - but Nintendo trademarked the name. It was originally the plural of Wus as in Wimp. So Newcastle Brown drinkers, seeing la-de-da southerners drinking their lager shandies, would shout out "whey-aye man!" meaning 'there are some wimps, old chap" This is the accusative plural, of course.
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Interesting fact: The Geordie phrase "whey-aye", pronounced more like "Why eye" has a latin derivation, and should probably be spelled Wii - but Nintendo trademarked the name. It was originally the plural of Wus as in Wimp. So Newcastle Brown drinkers, seeing la-de-da southerners drinking their lager shandies, would shout out "whey-aye man!" meaning 'there are some wimps, old chap" This is the accusative plural, of course.
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Been years since I last had a Newky Broon - I stopped drinking it when it came out in cans... X|
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Been years since I last had a Newky Broon - I stopped drinking it when it came out in cans... X|
I stopped drinking it when I tasted it ;) (not quite true - it's not so bad. And I'll drink pretty much anything).
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Been years since I last had a Newky Broon - I stopped drinking it when it came out in cans... X|
newky broon? you a southerner? it was always bruun or dog when I wa a yoof
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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newky broon? you a southerner? it was always bruun or dog when I wa a yoof
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
So that's what they meant when they told me they were sucking on a dog? If only I'd known we could have avoided the rift in our family!
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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... caught the sniffles right before elephanting christmas, slept like 3 hours and exceeded my regular grumpiness... :mad:
(yes|no|maybe)*
I feed your paid
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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I feed your paid
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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newky broon? you a southerner? it was always bruun or dog when I wa a yoof
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Well, I'm not a Northerner (though my mother was born in Sunderland)
