Re: Isn't it time you set up a listserver for English/Latin pedantery? (was: The plural of 'virus')

2011-04-15 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
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Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Shane
After that last effort I decided I'd better see who had trodden on Johns corns and caused him to fire up again. Dave, Dave, Dave ... Next time we bump into each other in a bar this should keep us suitably entertained. Shane ...

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Gibney, Dave
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' After that last effort I decided I'd better see who had trodden on Johns

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Thomas H Puddicombe
permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. From: Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 04/13/2011 11:11 AM Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shane Sent

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Kirk Talman
wow - good thing I didn't say I thought it was 4th declension. but then I don't trust most 50yr old memories even those from Latin School. I toured my high school 2 yrs ago during 50th reunion and the thing looks a lot smaller inside than I remember. It was nice to see places in the building

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Bill Fairchild
, April 13, 2011 12:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' Latin is a dead language It's dead as it can be First it killed the Romans And now it's killing me. Tom Puddicombe Mainframe Performance Capacity Planning CSC 71 Deerfield Rd, Meriden, CT 06450 ITIS | (860) 428

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Dick Bond
: The plural of 'virus' Latin is a dead language It's dead as it can be First it killed the Romans And now it's killing me. Tom Puddicombe Mainframe Performance Capacity Planning CSC 71 Deerfield Rd, Meriden, CT 06450 ITIS | (860) 428-3252 | tpudd...@csc.com | www.csc.com

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
At least one American public high school has conversational Latin classes There was a recent contest in Toronto. The T-Shirts, worn by the team of the winning high school, was inscribed with the motto: Quis est patris vobis? Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé

The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-12 Thread john gilmore
We have been around this way before. The latin word 'virus' is an uncommon 2nd-declension neuter noun. (Most 2nd-declension neuter nouns end in 'um' in the nominative singular.) Thus 'virus' has no latin plural. If one is needed in English 'viruses' is available. The very common latin

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-12 Thread Roberto Halais
What? Did you get the license plates? On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:53 PM, john gilmore john_w_gilm...@msn.comwrote: We have been around this way before. The latin word 'virus' is an uncommon 2nd-declension neuter noun. (Most 2nd-declension neuter nouns end in 'um' in the

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-12 Thread Sam Siegel
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Roberto Halais roberto.hal...@gmail.com wrote: What? Did you get the license plates? John has been edumacating us for quite some time now. On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:53 PM, john gilmore john_w_gilm...@msn.comwrote: We have been around this way

Re: The plural of 'virus'

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Ford
Sounds like some awlful disease, geeez   Scott J Ford   From: Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 9:09:06 PM Subject: Re: The plural of 'virus' On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Roberto Halais roberto.hal...@gmail.com