Weird 'virus' plural

[Joel S. Berson]

My Eudora spell-checker did flag viruii.  (I'm using Version 6.2.3.4,
Paid Mode.)  Although I'm still worried about that mutation becoming
contagious among humans.

Joel

At 1/11/2006 09:44 AM, you wrote:
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>Poster:       Geoff Nathan <geoffnathan at WAYNE.EDU>
>Subject:      Weird 'virus' plural
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>I don't have time this morning to search the archives, but I do
>remember people tracking weird and creative pseudo-plurals for the
>word 'virus'.  I got one yesterday that, at least so far, takes the cake:
>
> > >   Dose anyone know if 32 bit Norton AV server will
> > >   serve up 64 bit definitions to a 64 bit client?
> >
> >It shouldn't matter, the definitions themselves are just a
> >list of viruii signatures, unless you're pushing a 64-bit
> >specific product update it should work fine.
>
>You can ignore the geeky jargon, but it worries me a little that my
>Eudora spellchecker didn't flag the word...
>
>Geoff
>Geoffrey S. Nathan <geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
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