[Dixielandjazz] Latin plurals

John Farrell stridepiano at tesco.net
Fri Feb 14 19:58:27 PST 2003


Somebody said (concerning the plural form of ignoramus) :

"Isn't it ignoramii?"

Pat Cooke explained : 

" If you're speaking Latin, it's ignorami.
 If you're speaking English, it's just a pedantic usage."

Now tell us what happens with crocus.

John Farrell
stridepiano at tesco.net
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm








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