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The name of multiple colossus

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Selkie
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States530 Posts
February 28 2011 20:35 GMT
#1
The word colossus was first used as the name of one of the 7 wonders of the world, in Greek, and went into the Latin language. As such, when pluralized, the latin pluralization should be used- one colossus, many colossi. This has been bothering me for a long time (minor OCD... sorry), and I needed to get the itch scratched. Please, when you're talking about multiple colossus, it is not colossuses, it is colossi.

According to Wiktionary, (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colossus#English) colossuses is acceptable in english- yet none of the Latin declamations support this. (Nor does firefox spell checker!) As a LATIN word, please, keep the LATIN pluralization.

Thank you all;

Selkie
Stromming
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden64 Posts
February 28 2011 20:36 GMT
#2
Most people say colossi..
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-28 20:37:28
February 28 2011 20:37 GMT
#3
send tasteless this to his twitter, he always says colossussess, and colossi
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-28 20:37:49
February 28 2011 20:37 GMT
#4
don't want to do the mod's job but there are already some threads about it. it's been discussed to death.
o choro é livre
holy_war
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States3590 Posts
February 28 2011 20:37 GMT
#5
Discussed here in detail
Robo.899
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom47 Posts
February 28 2011 20:37 GMT
#6
get a life man

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FreezerJumps
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada653 Posts
February 28 2011 20:38 GMT
#7
Now we just have to figure out the nexus...
majestouch
Profile Joined December 2010
United States395 Posts
February 28 2011 20:38 GMT
#8
i am a proponent of using the word collusesesesesese because i myself am many collosues and as a result i would like it to reamin colluseseesesese. on a side note, i would expect to see this on the blizz official forums-- not tl. no one cares, its like pointing out a european pronouncing an english word wrong--gz their native language is different.
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6985 Posts
February 28 2011 20:40 GMT
#9
On March 01 2011 05:37 holy_war wrote:
Discussed here in detail

Yeah, I don't think we need a new go at this.
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