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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 OK, let's get this straight: #140624 03/09/05 06:55 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York criterion - singular criteria - plural phenomenon - singular phenomena - plural Thank you. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled programming. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140625 03/09/05 09:23 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Feel better now, Betsy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140626 03/09/05 11:39 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140627 03/10/05 09:10 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ >criterion - singular criteria - plural Is that data reliable? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140628 03/10/05 09:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York 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!") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140629 03/10/05 09:58 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Data: singular record Daterr: multiple owner http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/10datas.html?th PS I allus love that ut si expression ~ where's it from? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ut si #140630 03/10/05 10:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York 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). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ut si #140631 03/10/05 11:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 And I got it out one a nem How to Insult Your Boss Without He Knows You Done It books. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140632 03/10/05 11:25 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: OK, let's get this straight: #140633 03/10/05 12:30 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Algernon -- singular (and probably single too!) 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