"corpii" as plural of "corpus"

[Victor Steinbok]

63+k for octopii. Octopi was bad enough...
even 1260 raw hippopatumii... http://bit.ly/aiUoLd
31k for fungii--including some that certainly should know better
http://bit.ly/c8fFiD  http://bit.ly/bCE5bg

But, be careful! The majority of the hits are either fictitious (like
TheFreeDictionary) or fictional (made up names). Some could just be
typos (stuck keys).


I am beginning to wonder how many dufii really are out there... Never
mind--I am sorry I asked! http://bit.ly/aioHDI

     VS-)


On 3/10/2010 8:02 AM, Herb Stahlke wrote:
> 72k rgh for sylabii.  I tried to convince colleagues the plural should
> be "syllabontes," with little success.  I guess with a faux-Greek loan
> we can do what we want.
>
> Herb

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