Re: A true touch of insanity?

Erik Max Francis opined

>Ash Wyllie wrote:

>> Erik Max Francis opined
>> 
>>> Michael Ash wrote:
>> 
>>>> 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.
>> 
>>> Right, it bugs me too for some reason.  Even if that were the correct 
>>> pluralization method, _virii_ would still be wrong.
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be *viri* ?

>If such an etymological reconstruction were valid in the first place, 
>yes.  The proper plural, though, is _viruses_.

Wikipedia agrees with you.

But it also points out that virua might also be correct.

                         -ash
                         Cthulhu in 2008!
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