Hi All-- Peter Hansen wrote: > > Ivan Van Laningham wrote: > > Robert Kern wrote: > >>dict.org says _forums_. I used _fora_, but I'm silly. > >> > > It also says "appendixes" and "indexes" are OK. Yahoos. > > Should that be "Yaha"? >
<g> Nope. I appreciate the sentiment, but "Yahoo" is neither Latin nor Greek. Instead, it was invented by Jonathan Swift for _Gulliver's Travels_, published in 1726; since it is a made-up English word, it follows the rules of English. Metta, Ivan ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.andi-holmes.com/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
