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Re: Virii - why not?

#5635 08/27/2000 3:35 AM

Joined: Apr 2000

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this too shall pass

tsuwm

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tsuwm

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Joined: Apr 2000

Posts: 10,542
this too shall pass

>i just think "octopodes" becoming the plural of octopus is about as likely as...

an... interesting... choice of words, to which I will merely reply by quoting the OED:

octopus Pl. octopodes (ok TOP oh des), anglicized octopuses.

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Max Quordlepleen 08/24/2000 8:25 AM

Re: Virii - why not? RhubarbCommando 08/24/2000 9:43 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/24/2000 10:08 AM

Re: Virii - why not? RhubarbCommando 08/24/2000 11:22 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/24/2000 6:47 PM

Re: Virii - why not? TEd Remington 08/24/2000 12:06 PM

Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/24/2000 3:06 PM

Re: Virii - why not? lusy 08/24/2000 10:33 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/24/2000 10:48 PM

Re: Virii - why not? Bridget 08/25/2000 8:11 AM

Re: Virii - why not? Jazzoctopus 08/25/2000 1:37 PM

Re: Virii - why not? william 08/25/2000 3:06 PM

Re: Virii - why not? Jackie 08/26/2000 1:01 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/26/2000 2:05 AM

Re: Virii - why not? Jackie 08/26/2000 3:23 AM

Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/26/2000 4:16 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/26/2000 7:11 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/26/2000 7:05 AM

Re: consonants AnnaStrophic 08/27/2000 10:58 AM

Re: consonants tsuwm 08/27/2000 2:55 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/27/2000 6:59 PM

Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/27/2000 8:24 PM

Re: u or non-u Bingley 08/28/2000 5:15 AM

Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/2000 6:41 PM

Re: u or non-u RhubarbCommando 08/30/2000 2:06 PM

orthographical differences TEd Remington 08/31/2000 5:35 PM

Re: orthographical differences RhubarbCommando 09/01/2000 1:43 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/28/2000 7:16 PM

Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/2000 8:26 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/28/2000 10:09 PM

Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/2000 10:36 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/28/2000 10:49 PM

Re: staples of cacography tsuwm 08/29/2000 2:49 AM

Re: u or non-u RhubarbCommando 08/30/2000 2:17 PM

Re: ambulatory vowels AnnaStrophic 08/29/2000 3:16 AM

Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/26/2000 1:26 AM

Re: Virii - why not? william 08/26/2000 8:19 PM

Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/27/2000 3:35 AM

Re: Virii - why not? wsieber 08/25/2000 10:15 AM

Virus as a neuter gender TEd Remington 08/28/2000 5:52 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/28/2000 7:05 PM

Re: Virus as a neuter gender Jazzoctopus 08/28/2000 8:45 PM

Re: Virus as a neuter gender wsieber 08/29/2000 5:07 AM

Re: Virus as a neuter gender TEd Remington 08/29/2000 11:48 AM

Re: Virus as a neuter gender tsuwm 08/29/2000 11:35 PM

Plural of virus Bridget 09/01/2000 8:44 AM

Re: Plural of virus TEd Remington 09/05/2000 4:29 PM

Re: Plural of virus Bridget 09/06/2000 10:21 AM

Re: Virii - why not? cowboy 09/06/2000 2:45 PM

Re: Virii - why not? cowboy 09/06/2000 2:55 PM

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