Fact #6: The correct plural of
virus is
viruses, since
virus comes from
Latin, where it means 'poison' or 'venom'. In Latin, only countable nouns pluralize, very rarely do uncountable nouns exhibit this quality(some do, under special circumstances). There was no plural for virus in latin.
Viri or
virii as the plural of
virus came from a confusion of Latin plurals, like
radius»
radii. Other than that,
viri is already the plural of
vir in Latin, which means 'man' or 'hero'.
And to your query; As a wise straight man once said,
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Originally Posted by Darrenstraight
Eric knows all.
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Well anyway, just joking. You've already posted your name at the introduction sticky in the "Introduce Yourself" forum, and also in your blog.
