A writer whom I rather like was credited with commenting that my country and his were unfortunately separated by a common language. I have always thought that to be a quite accurate observation.
I suggest that we agree to disagree and each withdraw from the field, each knowing that we are each separately correct as to preferred usages in our respective geographic areas. Languages , even Latin, are living things and continually evolve. Perhaps only Carthaginian appears to not do so. Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio Africanus) seems to have taken care of that. In any event, I think that half breed, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill had an apt point. I promise to not make fun of your side's silly pronunciations of "clerk" and spelling and pronunciation of "aluminum" if you will refrain from calling me silly for my usage preferences. On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> virii >> > > Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension > noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri", not > *"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural of "vir" and means "men". (I > suppose some people do believe that all men are slime.) > > *"Virii" would be the plural of the (non-existent) *"virius". > > Brian Barker > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
