Re: Adopting a plural
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 16:57 |
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:35:44 -0700, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> wrote:
>> d) It means 2+, and is used on words that look like they come from the
>> other language (virii; octopi)
>
> <obligatory pedantic remark>
> "Octopus" really came from Greek, not Latin, so the "proper" plural
> would be "octopedes", not "octopi".
> </obligatory pedantic remark>
ObAntipedantry:
That's why I made it an example under "words that _look like_ they come from the
other language". "Virus" doesn't take a plural in -ii either.
The correct spelling is actually |octopodes|, btw. |-ped-| is the Latin spelling ;)
*Muke!
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