ubuntu littered with malicious viruses, some oriented toward Linux
Myles Green
rmg57 at telus.net
Mon Dec 13 16:58:43 UTC 2004
On Mon, 2004-13-12 at 08:00 -0500, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> >... been any viri or trojans that I've seen, [...] all without
> splitting hairs too finely.
> > But thanks for clarifying things.
>
> At the risk of splitting more hairs (and, damn are they getting to be
> fine ;-)...
>
> viri = plural of vir which is man (ergo, we get virile in the English language)
> viruses = plural of virus
>
> Using a Latin plural boils down to how, if the word existed in Latin,
> it would've been turned into a plural and what the word's usage is in
> English. Virus (modern sense) did not exist in Latin, thus English
> pluralisation rules apply.
>
> PS Virii = plural of virius (if it existed), also, the Romans managed
> to have exceptions to the rule like nearly any other language. Genus
> <> geni (genera), opus <> opi (opera)... if you really want to muck
> things up, I propose we start using virera.
>
> If you google for viri plural of vir you'll find more written on the
> subject than you ever wanted to know.
>
> Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled programming (PSS Hitchhiker's
> guide to the galaxy is coming to a screen near you)
Holy crap! I make one little typo and you go out of your way to try and
belittle me. There's a saying, something about people living in glass
houses not throwing stones. In other words, correct your own typos
before crawling up my arse about my *one* typo, OK?
Some people's kids...
PLONK!
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