Re: All hail Bob!
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:36:28 +0300
Message-ID: <e3vb0j$7n6$1_at_emma.aioe.org>
"JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Keith H Duggar wrote:
> > JOG wrote:
> > > Strider wrote:
> > > > Fabian Pascal at his site has whole section dedicated to
> > > > analyzing and identifying ignorance and ignorami:
> > > > http://www.dbdebunk.com/page/page/3161496.htm
> > >
> > > There's a certain sense of irony at work when people use
> > > the incorrect plural of ignoramus. Faux pluralisation of
> > > latin-looking words is a sure sign of.... well, nevermind
> > > ;)
> >
> > Ignoramus IS a Latin word (not just "latin-looking" though
> > ignoramus is not a Latin noun). It is _also_ an English word
> > (noun).
> People make the same mistake with *completely non-latin* words such as
> virus, hence the catch all.
vi-rus (vie'ruhs) n. pl. <-rus-es>
- an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- a disease caused by a virus.
- a corrupting influence on morals or the intellect; poison.
- a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network. [1590-1600; < *L virus slime, poison;* akin to OOZE 2]
ignor,ignori,ignora,ignoram,ignorati,ignora ignorant[a],ignoranti
please ignore Received on Thu May 11 2006 - 14:36:28 CEST