On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:50:52 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:38:40AM -0500, Jesse Meyer wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 02:01:05AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > ..no rule witout exeption: these 2 minutes _are_ useful in > > > > tarpits, to help slow vira propagation: > > > > > > That's a new plural of "virus" to me ... > > > > > > [ SNIP explanation of latin plurals ] > > > > > > This concludes today's pedantry.] > > > > I enjoy my daily dose of pedantry. > > > > However, the way I was taught it was that `virus' was already a > > plural /did not have a plural in latin. > > As I said: > > > > Anyway, there are no recorded instances of a Latin plural of > > > "virus", because its meaning back then was abstract and not > > > something you could really pluralize. ..for the benefit of enhanced pedantry, chances are I picked up this viral term in some dinner conversation, my mom spent most of her career typing stuff like autopsy reports in a vet and food quality audit office for the govt., so it likely has a legalese or bureaucratese background, possibly related to the requrement of distinguishing between species of vira, ;-) , anyhow, it stuck, and you know families trade war stories at dinner. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
