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criterion - singular
criteria - plural
phenomenon - singular
phenomena - plural
Thank you. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled programming.
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Feel better now, Betsy? 
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OK, let's! Latin word (Latin rulze) > Latin loanword (mixed rulze) > fully Anglicised word (we don need no steenkin' rulze!) Critter: singular Southern ornery animal Critteareeah: Critical whinge in one ear and out the other pbbbbt 
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>criterion - singular
criteria - plural
Is that data reliable?
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Is that data reliable?Good question, Vernon. I got it from a reliable media. As for you other two: ut si! (rough translation: "up yers!") 
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I believe it was your mate Herr Fong who introduced it to this here hallowed board, mav.
From "as if" in teen talk (for the elderly or uninitiated).
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And I got it out one a nem How to Insult Your Boss Without He Knows You Done It books.
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My post was an attempt at humour. The use of data as a plural is still alive and well here. Even the singular datum can be heard occasionally.
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Algernon -- singular (and probably single too!)
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From "as if" in teen talk (for the elderly or uninitiated).
"as if" covers most everything
A term as useful as bling.
"As if" is a put-down
Or if you're a clown
"As if" means you're just ding-aling.
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My post was an attempt at humour.
Yup, I got it. Hence, and all that.
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So did I so are you both happy? ;)
> I got it from a reliable media
Well done and no misteak :)
Fong, can yah lend me that there book?! I gots me some insultin ter be doin at work...
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