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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Virii - why not? #5624 08/25/00 10:15 AM 08/25/00 10:15 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber   old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland >the plural is viri in latin... yes, but that is the plural of vir (=man), whereas virus is of neuter gender, and therefore has the plural vira, see http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/WORDS.EXE?vira I must admit I never saw this plural in contemporary use. To me, it sounds vastly more elegant than viruses, not to speak of virii, which we should rather not put into circulation. Re: Virii - why not? #5625 08/25/00 01:37 PM 08/25/00 01:37 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus   old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... well, maybe we should compromise with octopodes then... I'd have to say that I prefer octopi. Re: Virii - why not? #5626 08/25/00 03:06 PM 08/25/00 03:06 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william enthusiast william   enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 what's archaic about octopuses? i've never heard octopodes in my life. was it meant to be a joke? Re: Virii - why not? #5627 08/26/00 01:01 AM 08/26/00 01:01 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Goodness me! william, you're right--take a day off and who knows what you'll find when you return. Such agonizings, over what was plainly stated as a made-up-in-total-subjectivity word, though it did lead, as these things so often seem to do here, to other interesting items. Max, have you ever considered moving to Hawaii? Just think of how often you'd get to see and use that lovely ii. Re: Virii - why not? #5628 08/26/00 01:26 AM 08/26/00 01:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass >i've never heard octopodes in my life. was it meant to be a joke? not at all. YCLIU #5629 08/26/00 02:05 AM 08/26/00 02:05 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Re: Virii - why not? #5630 08/26/00 03:23 AM 08/26/00 03:23 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Max, my NZ connection told me that the two languages originated in the same area. (What he based this on, I don't know.) Interestingly, he said he gets Maori words by studying the vowel structure. I don't speak or read Hawaiian, but I know it is a language brimming with vowels. He taught me how to pronounce Aotearoa. One of the Hawaiian islands is Oahu: three syllables! Re: Virii - why not? #5631 08/26/00 04:16 AM 08/26/00 04:16 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass humuhumunukunukuapuaa - a *small* Hawaiian fish #5632 08/26/00 07:05 AM 08/26/00 07:05 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 #5633 08/26/00 07:11 AM 08/26/00 07:11 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   OP Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 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. 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