-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 17/04/15 02:59, Peter Lawler wrote: > [OT ALERT] > > On 17/04/15 02:28, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >> clamav is a scanner that is designed to detect viruses (virii I >> should use for plural as it is Latin word) > I believe this 'rule' in English is misunderstood by many and as a > general rule of thumb... tl;dr: Words from Old English that came > into modern English, use 'Old English' pluralisation: eg, sheep, > fish etc. words adopted from other languages into English before > and after modern English established, use 'modern' pluralisation > eg, tsunamis, octopuses. > > <rant> As 'virus' was adopted into English for usage in relation to > bugs, malwares etc. after the formation of modern English, the > plural of computer virus is computer viruses. IMO, in a medical > sense, the virus was first described in the 1890 - well after the > formation of modern English so even then the plural of virus in > English is viruses. <snip> I know VAX computers are now a bit old fashioned, but why is the plural of VAX VAXen? I don't think DEC was founded before 1500 AD. :-o -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVMXScAAoJEAF3yXsqtyBl9S4QAISUQlTW2Trlg77rVAjh2ZU2 zBOPZ32L67cD7FdpL4qpyEtAn7obqns6t2MGbvL/JElWz8ZLV9JM3kp9MsdXGYU8 iHzH4lk/7Le1p6JXWLNUM/cFLLYbnaY14HluEc/crnGaM2hEteA+1lnsE0vD8YiT 8dcaYzEtKzBbrSQOVN5R5ZAkAvGeMXbrsoDcfh3RPKRjErgzf+7Sn592Kyx5b8YL TGxB9DfmYQaOvEBLTYu9Ud6xc9Zr3ZJ0iDGq/SUyAglz+VMFv6XH4861Gma/ZKop G3C0Mo4/PhLJPQuKQMZptHqTxgbAkHr5GEcvGp9q2oBWqYc5Pdx+7SZIqgQlPxTU GB/2xOQD137e6zZVhh2cIBgRLq2F9m1auAszgXBX9Td605ykS+KD7TW8azeG+DV/ Zz4gsD+rHbOyszsvsHq+CThlMRXWz3r9UMISIRrLkUCygcmbH5/9fkqvnQVPZMg0 x0iT98UQi9bSNBdxo1PcoDH97xrJb/qNxeMKNl2uZKfa9hV5eyRTOjGUelyXX2Hm fgJCEPoS0FZ1pfBCdWGGFr78ilX/+4S6STt2dtg/HRFWqzr/Ky02hlg/Yr/VHlGv lW3wAHBTODPfQ9e9evoeuY+Nxh/OEX4l0LImHprKjxZb1yvAlF5VfyTBEwg2zPWA bcLF1WN9qL18UqcV9cw4 =UQdI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----