Re: CHAT: Worse Greek 102 (was: Bad Latin 101)
| From: | Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 5, 2001, 0:02 |
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On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 02:27:06PM -0500, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Not Greek, but I've seen "referendas" (twice in the same text so likely not
> a mere mistyping). I'm left to wonder if the writer thought that "referenda"
> was a singular form or if he/she really believed that "referendum"
> pluralizes as "referendas".
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/)
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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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