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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RWRkaWU=?= on December 15, 2005, 11:36 am
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"Jon Phipps" wrote:
> I happily use both thanks
> > People who use the word "virii" also like to use the word "whilst" ;-)
> >
> > Tom
> > |
> > || medically no it is virii, the word is latin
> > |
> > | No. read the URLs I referenced, they explain quite clearly, better than
> > I
> > can.
> > |
> > | The Latin connection with "virii" quite simply does not exist. "Virus"
> > is
> > derived from Latin
> > | (it meant slime, poison, or venom), however "virii" is not a valid Latin
> > word. Latin does
> > | not actually have a plural for virus (this is not so unusual when you
> > consider words such as
> > | slime or sheep). Latin does have a word "viri", but it is the plural of
> > the word man
> > | ("vir"), and thus nothing to do with viruses. For this topic, I will
> > refer
> > you to people who
> > | know more about it than me.
> > |
> > | http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html
> > |
> > |
> > | --
> > | Dave
> > | http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> > | http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
> > |
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