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You omitted the descriptor "American" from in front of the word
English in the above statement.
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That's because the descriptor does not belong there.
The correct format, from my Latin days is "virii"
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You continue to be incorrect about Latin. "Virii" would be the
plural of "virius", but no such word exists in Latin.
In American terms it is always "viruses". In the rest of the world
your mileage may vary considerably.
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Nah. Misinformed Americans are as likely to use the incorrect
"virii" as misinformed Australians are.
 
David said:
In American terms it is always "viruses". In the rest of the world
your mileage may vary considerably.

I consider that this is similar to the argument over the term
"Billion". In England and most other English speaking countries the
term "Billion" referred to a million million. Along come the USA'ans
and their stress that they are ALWAYS right and soon the whole world
is using the term to mean a thousand million. Trust the Yanks to try
to big-note themselves so that they appear richer than they really
are.
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LOL! Thanks for the laugh! That last paragraph is hilarious!
 
You omitted the descriptor "American" from in front of the word English in
the above statement.

The correct format, from my Latin days is "virii"

In American terms it is always "viruses". In the rest of the world your
mileage may vary considerably.

I consider that this is similar to the argument over the term "Billion".
In England and most other English speaking countries the term "Billion"
referred to a million million. Along come the USA'ans and their stress
that they are ALWAYS right and soon the whole world is using the term to
mean a thousand million. Trust the Yanks to try to big-note themselves so
that they appear richer than they really are.
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You're right. We're just a bunch of poor bastards that know a million
million is ....... a trillion. A million has 6 zeroes. Tack on another
million. Now you have twelve zeros. A trilion. Try a thousand million for
a billion next next time and you will be right.
But us big-note(?) Americans still need to get on the metric system. Don't
you agree, you xenophobic shit?
 
Gordon said:
NO it isn't and this argument has been going on for over twenty years.

"In the English language, the normal plural of "virus" is "viruses".
This form of the plural is correct, and used most frequently, both
when referring to a biological virus and when referring to a computer
virus.

The forms "viri" and "virii" are also used as a plural, although less
frequently. There is disagreement over whether these forms should be
considered correct."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(plural)

In computer terms it is ALWAYS "viruses".

Regards
Gordon
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You are wrong. I took Latin and it is as the poster says.

--
He released government from the restraint of law.
____Lord Acton on Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), George W. Bush, and
the Straussian neocons

Ellis_Jay
 
You're right. We're just a bunch of poor bastards that know a million
million is ....... a trillion. A million has 6 zeroes. Tack on another
million. Now you have twelve zeros. A trilion. Try a thousand million for
a billion next next time and you will be right.
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You are, once again not reading the word correctly. Billion takes its
roots from Bi-million. Therefore it is, correctly, a million million
or a one followed by twelve zeros. A trillion is tri-million therefore
it should be a million million million or a million billion. a one
followed by eighteen zeros.

You are quoting the American misconception which has been forced on
the rest of the world.
But us big-note(?) Americans still need to get on the metric system. Don't
you agree, you xenophobic shit?
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Who cares? If you people want to languish in the dark ages that is
your problem not mine.
 
Nope. It's viruses. That issue has been discussed many times on the
virus newsgroups by language experts.
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The correct English plural of virus is viruses. Please consult any good
dictionary before making up words.

For the purists, in Latin, there is a rarely-used plural form:

virus, viri (neuter)

(Forms: almost always restricted to nominative and accusative singular;
generally singular in Lucretius, ablative singular in Lucretius)

The point of this is that even in Latin the form "viri" is rarely used.
The singular form is used in most every instance. (This is from the
Oxford Latin Dictionary.)

So, when considering the Latin: "virii" is incorrect and "viri" was
almost never used.

Despite the fact there was little use for the plural form, there is
another reason why "viri" was rarely used. The most common Latin word
for "man" is "vir" with "viri" being its plural in the form used as the
subject of a sentence. Thus, since "men" as the subject of a sentence
would be used far more often than "venoms" (virus means venom) the
"viri" word was most commonly seen as the plural of "man."

Bottom line: Don't try to make up words using a false Latin plural form.
Since the word virus in its English form is now used then the English
plural (viruses) should be used.
 
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