--- Shayne Lebrun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Shayne Lebrun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >> I like virii - it sounds important and like > something > > >> that can be on the ER equivalent for geeks... > > > > > > Perhaps, but if you were to actually pluralize > it using Latin rules, the > > > result would be 'viri.' > > > > > > > > > > Wouldnt that be plural of man? > > > > Jim > > Err, damn, what am I thinking. You're correct. > "Virii" simply isn't a > word, 'viri' is the plural of vir, vir being 'man'; > aka 'men', and Latin > doesn't have a plural form of Virus, which means we > fall back to the > standard English method of pluralizing, which is, in > this case, to add 'es.' > Hence, viruses. > > That having been said, yes, common usage, and yes, > English likes to make up > new words, which is fine, but to claim 'virii' as a > legitimate, pre-existing > word, or a natural extention of an existing word, is > incorrect. It's slang, > which may very well enter the standard lexicon > eventually. > > But if it does, I'm sure we'll find a new word for > the same concept; group > principles at work. :-) >
or maybe it is like a gaggle of geese..so a _____ of virus any suggestions? shitload? > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic > Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 > today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Clamav-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
