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Plurals
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Plurals
- From: Chris Handley <cbmvax!uunet!GANDALF.OTAGO.AC.NZ!CHandley>
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1992 13:32:28 GMT+1200
- Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!otago.ac.nz!chandley
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!pucc.Princeton.EDU!LOJBAN>
Hi
After a long and scholarly quote on classical plurals we get:
> >Quora< and >ignorami< I have yet to encounter.... [They] are
> already Latin plurals in irrelevant ways.... >Cauci<, >doldra<,
> and >hoodla< I have likewise been spared....
>
I am still waiting to see (as I know I will) "the medias (mediae?) are ...".
Chris Handley chandley@otago.ac.nz
Dept of Computer Science Ph (+64) 3-479-8499
University of Otago Fax (+64) 3-479-8577
Dunedin, NZ