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"JOG" <jog@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>
                  1.  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.
                  2.  a disease caused by a virus.
                  3.  a corrupting influence on morals or the
                       intellect; poison.
                  4.  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]

virus, virusi
ignor,ignori,ignora,ignoram,ignorati,ignora
ignorant[a],ignoranti

please ignore