It had to happen

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Oct 12 03:12:00 UTC 2005


>I've just heard "agenda," historically already a Latin plural,
>construed as a new pseudo-Latin plural, "agendae," i.e. with the final
>syllable pronounced as English "die."
>
>-Wilson Gray

You probably heard "agendae" as the plural of a reconstrued
*singular* "agenda" (if that's saying something different).  I've
heard it too.

Larry



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