Re: OT: macs?
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:22:21PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> writes:
>
> > Jens Peter Secher wrote:
> >
> >> Shouldn't that be
> > >
> >> "Windows is like a prostitute. Sure it's got a nice make up,
> >> but you have all kinds of vira after spending some time with it."
> >
> > No, it shouldn't be, or the Latin scholars will take revenge on you.
> >
> > [sending to -curiosa where this belongs]
>
> Actually, you're wrong, Anthony.
>
> The Latin plural of virus is, actually, vira. Sorry for the news.
I've been told that the original, literal, meaning for the latin word
'virus' is something akin to 'slime', which doesn't even /have/ a plural
form.
Don't know whether that's true, though -- I did get some Latin when I
was 13 years old, but that's ages ago.
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