Fake Latin plural . . .
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Fri May 19 15:04:10 UTC 2006
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 03:48:36PM +0100, Chris F. Waigl wrote:
>
> I had to make an effort the other day to remain silent when someone came
> up with "linii" (context: installing two different flavours of them side
> by side).
Really. Any idiot knows it's "linices".
:-)
Jesse Sheidlower
OED
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