<snip> > > If you're trying to say that vira and fora should not be > used, I beg to > > differ. Vira, the correct latin plural of virus, is > already used in a > > number of languages, although not English. Same goes for Fora, the > > latin plural of forum. > > "Fora" is etymologically accurate, although in English it is no more > correct than "forums". "Vira", "virii" etc are all completely > fictitious, and have no basis in Latin. Although "virus" is a Latin > word, no plural form is recorded. I don't know any Latin noun > which is > -us in the singular and -a in the plural, so even if we were to guess > what the plural might have been, "vira" would be a pretty poor guess. > > How did we get on to this?
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