Jones and Jones

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 12:51:56PM -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 11:41 AM -0400 8/16/02, James A. Landau wrote:
> >Yesterday I took my daughter and two friends of hers to visit the NYU and
> >Columbia campi.
>
> Are you sure that's the right declension?  I don't have my Latin
> grammar on me but I fear that's not it.

It is _campi,_ but even if not, doesn't the humor play a part?
It's funnier as _campi_ than it would be if the correct form
were _campora_ or _campus_ (long "u"), right?

Jesse Sheidlower