Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 10:22:16PM +0100, Q wrote:
>> Fons Adriaensen wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 09:55:51PM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
>>>
>>>> many better suited fori (forums)
>>> 'fora' is the latin plural.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>
>> But, in English, I believe is only considered correct when dealing with
>> physical spaces in a Roman/Latin context and is usually considered
>> pretentious when dealing with virtual, online places. (Generally in
>> English, it seems that the plural of Latin nouns of this form is now
>> considered to take the English form -- -ums rather than -a, vis
>> stadiums, forums, referendums etc, sad as that may be.)
>
> Yes, the English plural is 'forums'. But the Latin one, pretentious
> or not, is 'fora' and not 'fori'.
>
> Ciao,
>
But so what, or did I miss a memo saying that the list is moving over to
Latin?
Q
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