>===== Original Message From "Dean C. Hansen" <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx> =====
> I smiled when I saw "fora" in John Lind's post. I was corrected
>by a second grader while I was doing a classroom program on insects and
>used the word "antennae." Didn't I know that it was "antennas"?, she
>asked. I winced at a city council meeting when a communication company
>wanted a permit to put up a couple "antennas" in town.
>Aquaria. Stadia. Antennae. Bacteria. Femora, tibiae. Alumnuses??
>Man, Latin
>dies hard.
Latin dead? When? How? Memento mori!
"Agenda" is really tough since it's a Latin plural but functionally a singular
in English usage. I now ignore attempts to drag Latin case endings into
English. Forums, agendas, indexes, octopuses. Latin is hard enough without
making enemies. I clearly belong in the second grade.
Content: "Olympus" is Latin for Greek "Olympos." There is only one
Olympus.:)
Joel W.
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