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

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Monday, February 5, 2001, 0:02
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/) -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo Conlang code: CU !lh:m cN:R:S:G a+ y n2d:1d !R* A-- E L* N1 Id:m k- ia- p+ m- o+ P-- d* b+++ lainesco