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On 17/04/15 02:59, Peter Lawler wrote:
> [OT ALERT]
>
> On 17/04/15 02:28, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>
>> clamav is a scanner that is designed to detect viruses (virii I
>> should use for plural as it is Latin word)
> I believe this 'rule' in English is misunderstood by many and as a
> general rule of thumb... tl;dr: Words from Old English that came
> into modern English, use 'Old English' pluralisation: eg, sheep,
> fish etc. words adopted from other languages into English before
> and after modern English established, use 'modern' pluralisation
> eg, tsunamis, octopuses.
>
> <rant> As 'virus' was adopted into English for usage in relation to
> bugs, malwares etc. after the formation of modern English, the
> plural of computer virus is computer viruses. IMO, in a medical
> sense, the virus was first described in the 1890 - well after the
> formation of modern English so even then the plural of virus in
> English is viruses.
<snip>
I know VAX computers are now a bit old fashioned, but why is the
plural of VAX VAXen? I don't think DEC was founded before 1500 AD. :-o
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