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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by CATCAT, Jun 15, 2009.

Hello there

Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by CATCAT, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. Fenix

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    kuvasz Corrections Officer

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    K, as soon as I saw gender and declensions I eksed it. I've had way too many history of English classes to appreciate those words :D
    But I meant in everyday speech. I've heard octopi, topi and foci for more than one octopus, topos and focus, as well as fungi, but I've encountered that last one pretty often. Unlike viri or the rest I listed, which I heard from questionable sources at best :D these plurals sound hypercorrect to me.
     
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    I've always figured anything that ends in 'us' changes to 'i' for plural.
     
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    so when you look at all the US's from alternative dimensions you are looking at the I :p


    i just worked theoretic physics in a pun, i suck
     
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock-Latin
    That's exactly how I feel about these, which is why I said they sound hypercorrect to me. I found this page following the "colloquial plural" platypi, which is supposed to be platypuses, apparently.

    Sorry for the OT btw :)
     
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    Hello forum

    Hello i am new to this forum, all i want to say is that i am glad to be in this forum and i really like it a lot, all the post are very interesting and i am a fun of sc2 and i was wc3 player.