You're annoying me with your jokey faux Latinate plurals

In My Humble Opinion
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… Especially when you get them wrong.

“Be sure to pick up a copy of the syllabi” calls for the singular not the plural.

And the faux Latinate plural of Elvis should be Elves, not Elvi or Elvii.

That is all.

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i am guilty of this looks sheepish - but really only when talking about virii. Dont know why i like that so much, but i do.

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<glares at Raventhief>

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Sort of on the same note alumni is the plural, people. You are not “an alumni”.

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I refer to myself as an alumnuts

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suck my penii.

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kiss my buttockia

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octopodes

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Do you need some Kleenices to wipe up your tears?

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One of my favorite 1960s TV commercials featured an animated stewardess saying she was “just one of those worn-out stewardi”. Very clever, and I wonder how many folks got it.

I think the ibices might need them.

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Oh, dogfex!

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My only problem with these is that if they were ever funny, they’re not anymore. They only work on words that are sort of believably Latin, and at this point you see them on almost any plural, so there’s no joke.

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Marley23, why do you need to rain on my paradii?

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Irregardless of typii, how would one refer to misters Presley and Costello?

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The Elves of rock.

<fist bump for Marley23>

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You can take my from plurali from my cold dead handae.

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Overrated?

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Whatever. “Priscilla and the Thirteen Dancing Elves” is not at all funny, and conjures pictures of kelly green tights and pointy slippers.

“Priscilla and the Thirteen Dancing Elvi” is freaking hilarious, and conjures pictures of white glittery jumpsuits and faux fur sideburns. As it should. . .

I’m just saying.

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And it’s exactly as hilarious as “Priscilla and the Thirteen Dancing Elvises,” which is the actual plural. The fakey plural doesn’t add anything. Marley’s right, if it ever was funny, it ain’t anymore. Plus, it’s annoying.

And I just learned something because of Raventhief – “Virus” doesn’t have a separate plural form in Latin, because it’s a mass noun.

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If enough of us use them often enough, they cease to be “faux” and become recognized, accepted plurals. The language is ever-changing.

Sucketh to be thou, in that case.