Re: CHAT: Worse Greek 102 (was: Bad Latin 101)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>People make this kind of mistake irritatingly often in the US. If I had a
>nickel for every teacher I've heard say "parenthese" (/p@"rEnT@si/)

In a chatroom i visit, people insist on pluralizing penis as penii. even
though i tell them that "penises" is the plural!

(Sorry, but it was the best example of what's being spoken about that I
could think of ;))

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Yours truly,

Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia