At 13:43 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
I suggest that we agree to disagree ...
You can disagree without my needing to agree that you can. If agreeing to disagree means that I accept that "virii" is as arguable as "viruses", then I don't.
... each knowing that we are each separately correct as to preferred usages in our respective geographic areas.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language says "viruses". Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary says "viruses". Other dictionaries give no irregular plural, implying the same. Sorry, but your defence of "virii" as an Americanism is simply untrue: USian dictionaries imply it's a misuse even there.
Languages, even Latin, are living things and continually evolve.
I thought every schoolboy knew that Latin was dead? (In any case, we were talking about a plural in English.)
I promise to not make fun of your side's silly pronunciations of "clerk" and spelling and pronunciation of "aluminum" ...
So you spell and pronounce helum, lithum, sodum, magnesum, potassum, calcum, titanum, etc. similarly?
... if you will refrain from calling me silly for my usage preferences.
Oh, I never did. On the contrary, I called the non-word "virii" a silly formation; I made no such suggestion about you. That's important.
Brian Barker
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