OT: virii [was: list filtering]

[Tom Anderson]

On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 23:19, Ben Finney wrote:
> > This was done to prevent the transmission of virii using spoofed
> > addresses.
> 
> Niggle: "virii" is not the plural of "virus".
> 
>     <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus>
>     <URL:http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html>
>     <URL:http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/v/virus.html>

I think the plural virii is modelled after the plural fungi.  Viruses is
just too awkward and mundane for us leet geeks.

Tom