Fake Latin plural . . .

[Barnhart]

Stewardae is a similar confusion with stewardus for stewardess.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:


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>On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 03:48:36PM +0100, Chris F. Waigl wrote:
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>> 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).
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>Really. Any idiot knows it's "linices".
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>:-)
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>Jesse Sheidlower
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