Re: There's no such word as `virii'

From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Wed May 14 2003 - 06:42:17 MDT

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    On 2003.05.14, Damien Broderick <damienb@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
    > As Lee Crocker pointed out the other day, the plural of `virus' is
    > `viruses', damn it. If you wish to swagger and show how much Latin you
    > know, and sound all medical and hi-tech, and like that, the plural is `viri'.
    >
    > NOT `virii'.

    What's the plural of viri? *ducks and runs*

    -- Dossy 

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