OT: virii [was: list filtering]

[Ben Finney]

On 23-Jun-2005, Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 23:19, Ben Finney wrote:
> > 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.

Have another read of those URLs.

(Hint:  fungi : fungus :: virii : virius )

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