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Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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> 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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