On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Matt wrote:

> > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 13:28, Kevin Spicer wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 16:26, Scott Ryan wrote:
> > > > I have not submitted any virii (correct word?)
> > >
> > > viruses
> >
> > Yup.
> >
> > http://www.topology.org/lang/virus.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mike
>
> I know this is going wildly off topic, but this one could be
> debateable. According to a Collin's English Gem Dictionary, (1954
> vintage), virus doesn't have a plural listed. So, is it just a
> recent designation?

I'm no Latin scholar, but I've heard it said that the proper Latin
plural is 'vira'.  FWINW....

   -- Michael


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