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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: plural-data? #17915 02/02/2001 1:20 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Latinate plurals are not a ditch I'm prepared to die in I completely agree with this; and would go a step further. I disagree with your emphatic answer, Bean, because whilst that may be technically correct for Latin we are discussing English - and the word agenda has now been naturalised into the native tongue. Words only gain meaning by usage within a given speech community - so for me at least, agenda is a word that stands in for something like a collective noun rendering "a packet of information", and I therefore react to punctilious Latin usage as pretentious dogma! [/rant] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted plural-data? themom 02/01/2001 4:07 PM Re: plural-data? garynamy 02/01/2001 5:23 PM Re: plural-data? Bobyoungbalt 02/01/2001 8:19 PM Re: plural-data? Bean 02/01/2001 6:00 PM Re: plural-data? Bean 02/01/2001 6:03 PM Re: plural-data? Jazzoctopus 02/01/2001 8:36 PM Re: plural-data? Bingley 02/02/2001 4:33 AM Re: plural-data? stales 02/02/2001 4:46 AM Re: plural-data? Capital Kiwi 02/02/2001 8:02 AM Re: plural-data? Max Quordlepleen 02/02/2001 8:13 AM Re: plural-data? Bridget 02/05/2001 11:14 AM Re: plural-data? maverick 02/02/2001 1:20 PM Re: plural-data? Bean 02/02/2001 1:31 PM Re: plural-data? maverick 02/02/2001 1:49 PM Re: plural-data? Bobyoungbalt 02/02/2001 4:02 PM Re: plural-data? Sparteye 02/02/2001 5:35 PM Re: plural-data? AnnaStrophic 02/02/2001 6:04 PM Re: plural-data? Max Quordlepleen 02/02/2001 6:27 PM Re: plural-data? AnnaStrophic 02/02/2001 7:20 PM Re: plural-data? Capital Kiwi 02/03/2001 11:03 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,304 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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