> From: Jim Maul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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
Never thought of viri, but it makes sense... hippopotamus -> hippopotami radius -> radii (probably where "virii" comes from) virus -> viri (of course!) FWIW, Dictionary.com comes down squarely on the side of viruses: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus - pl. viruses http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=viri - no terms found http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virii - no terms found http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=viruses - 3 terms found [EMAIL PROTECTED] 805.964.4554 x902 Hispanic Business Inc./HireDiversity.com Software Engineer perl -e"map{y/a-z/l-za-k/;print}shift" "Jjhi pcdiwtg Ptga wprztg," ------------------------------------------------------- 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_idG21&alloc_id040&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
