Poll: Virii or Viruses?

[pwaring]

Viruses, always viruses. No arguments, that's how it's spelt.

It's Americans that go round messing up the English language by spelling things like 'colour' as 'color' etc.

pwaring.

[petemcevoy]

ooohh, you gonna get flamed for that!

Anyways, this thread seems to me a little pedantic, afaik virii is the genetive singular and viruses the nominative plural - but in respect to this forum, i don't think it makes the slightest bit of difference. As someone said, as long as its clear what your saying, what does it matter?

[pps111]

The word Viruses gives you the creeps, the kind to expect from it.

Virii sounds like a small harmless creature over which anyone can stamp over.

Docs(Here it means doctors) never say "You are infected with some ?????? virii" it sounds funny.

[Negative]

In English it definitely is virus, viruses. Viri is not English, nor is virii.

In Latin, it's virus (nominative singural), viri (nominative plural, and NOT virii as someone wrote before), genitive also being viri.

PS: to all of you patriots: Latin was around first, then came English . Half of English vocabulary is based on Latin, so show some respect for the lady...

[pwaring]

Originally posted by Negative
In English it definitely is virus, viruses. Viri is not English, nor is virii.

In Latin, it's virus (nominative singural), viri (nominative plural, and NOT virii as someone wrote before), genitive also being viri.

>> Thanks for backing me up for once Negative!

pwaring.

[Negative]

Thanks for backing me up for once Negative !

Don't get used to it, P!

[peabody]

First off, I just wanted to say that I have never posted before.

Secondly, I say what ever is comfy to say at the time of saying. At the moment, pwaring, I prefer to say COLOR!, 'cause of the fact that I am American and I enjoy messing up my own language, partially because I kan't always spel corectly. Please, when ever posting, don't dis an entire continents language.

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[darqw1nd]

i dont care wat any of your dictionaries or spellcheckers say anyone who writes x86 ASM will tell you its virii

[rnapro]

I happen to like this one:

Virusoid

1. a small particle of RNA associated with the larger RNA of some infectious plant viruses.

[RiOtEr]

its virii
take the pural of cactus cactii! there are plenty mor couldnt be botherd looking at this point in time