Re: another VX site?

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Oliver Schneider wrote:

> > By the way, there's no such word as "viri", and people who refer to
> > "viri" put themselves firmly in a group that you possibly don't want to
> > be seen as being a member of.
> Have you consulted your favorite Latin dictionary in this matter? The word
> "viri" exists and has the (not too harmless) meaning: "men".  ...

In the context in which DrSolly (?) said that, it should have been 
fairly clear he meant "there is no such word 'viri' that is the plural 
of the word 'virus' [in English]"...

<<snip>>
> PS: Yes, the word "virus" stems from the Latin language, thus it is correct
> to look it up in a Latin dictionary ;)

But the word we are talking about is the English language word "virus" 
that means something quite different from the Latin "virus", so it is 
an appropriation as a new word.  Thus the Latin usage is of little to 
no direct relevance in determining the correct usage of this new 
English word...

(Looking up the Latin dictionary can help you in unravelling all this, 
but should show you that, in this case, the Latin pluralization (or non-
pluralization) is really, at best, only of secondary interest and 
value.)


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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