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[Dimandja]

Isn't it a little overwrought to use latin plural forms for IT's viruses and forums?

What next, "mice"?

 

[Dimandja]

>"What a lot of Mickey Mouses!" Was she correct?

Absolutely. "Mickey Mouse" is a proper name.

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[CajunCenturion]

What a lot of Mickey Mouses!" is correct, because the rules for pluralization of proper nouns is NOT the same as that for common nouns.

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[flapeyre]

When the Louisiana Superdome opened in 1975, its brochure compared it with other "stadia".

We are using Latin words that are now part of the English language - we are not speaking Latin here (except in my signature). I think that they should have used "stadiums" rather than "stadia" in this case.

In medical or legal usage, maybe. But this came off as being pretentious, IMO.


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[Dimandja]

>In medical or legal usage, maybe. But this came off as being pretentious, IMO.

That's exactly the feeling that prompted me to start this thread.

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