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Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Thursday, May 29, 2008, 18:15
Mark J. Reed wrote:
> What about bi? As in, crosstown bi run all night long? :)
Oh them! Yes, plenty of 'viri' on them. But it's only on bii that you have worry about 'virii' :)
> > > On 5/29/08, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote: >> Mark J. Reed wrote: >>> One must be especially careful of virii in public places, such as >>> sports stadia, musea, bi... >> Nah - _stadia_ and _musea_ are correctly formed Latin plurals; the only >> bugs you have to watch out for in those places are _vira_. >> >> _virii_ are a problem in places like stadii, stadiae, museae etcetra >> [sic] :)
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