Re: A true touch of insanity?

Brian Davis <brdavis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 5:13?am, Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
> 
>> I'm surprised that more virii occurring in nature don't use it --
>> the sweat glands in the palms (merocrine?) seem ideal for
>> transfer...
> 
> Except here you need physical contact, while a great number of virii
> (?) avoid that, toughen up a little bit, and go airborn, which has a
> much better chance of encountering a new host. It just requires the
> host be close, not in contact.

I normally don't care about stuff like this but this one just grates on me

for some reason: the plural of "virus" is "viruses". "Virii" comes from 
trying to pluralize "virus" in the Latin style, and failing strangely.

-- 
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software