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

>John Cowan:
> > So far we have been spared "agendae"; also "ignorami" (ack!),
>
>ack!
>
> > "quora" (ouch!)
>
>ouch!
>
> > and "hoodla" (double ouch!).
>
>yummy!
>
>--And.
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".

                                                 Andreas
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