EPTHow to "correctly" say colossus - Page 11
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Kaitokid
Germany1327 Posts
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TYJ.Aoy
Brazil1265 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
I just call it Coloss... No need to add any random declensions. I took 3 years of Latin in high school, and I hated every minute of it. I would rather not be forced to memorize declensions again. Nomative, ablative, blah blah blah. It would've been more useful for me to learn Chinese... Anyways, for some reason, I always thought that Blizzard naming the Colossus as "Colossus" was because the Dragoon from BW sometimes said "Galahoslos?", which sounds suspiciously similar to "Colossus." What is heard cannot be unheard, so I hear "Colossus" every time I play BW. | ||
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
EDIT: To the guy below me, you forgot to add "Eye-Dra" | ||
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DreamScaR
Canada2127 Posts
Next time on "How to Correctly say things" "Eh-dra" or "Id-rah" ^^ | ||
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AbInitio
United States4 Posts
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Keldrath
United States449 Posts
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Utinni
Canada1196 Posts
On April 16 2011 20:08 TYJ.Aoy wrote: So many smart boys these days, collossoraptors it is. I WANT ONE!!!! Can't push out yet, My collossoraptors are almost ready to feast! | ||
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buscemi
116 Posts
Colossus (singular) (kuh-loss-us) Colossuses (plural) (kuh-loss-us-es) or Colossi (plural) (kuh-loss-eye) That's it. It's not a Latin word. It's an English word derived from Latin. | ||
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Zuxo
Sweden395 Posts
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RotterdaM
Netherlands684 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:24 Gnax wrote: You know how if you say a word too many times it starts sounding weird? well I feel like that now. hahahha so true, thx for the lesson but I think i stick with colossi ;D kinda hard. | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
On April 16 2011 21:34 buscemi wrote: How to correctly pronounce colossus: Colossus (singular) (kuh-loss-us) Colossuses (plural) (kuh-loss-us-es) or Colossi (plural) (kuh-loss-eye) That's it. It's not a Latin word. It's an English word derived from Latin. This. As soon as a word becomes part of a language it doesn't need to follow its mother language rules anymore. It follows the rules of the language it is being used on. Besides, it's the speakers that create a language not the other way around. If too many people would say collossa as plural, you bet colossa would be the plural no matter the rules. | ||
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GGOda
14 Posts
On April 16 2011 15:44 beastmode548 wrote: lol this kid probably got a gold on his national latin exam and now he feels hes qualified to teach everyone about latin. true nerd at heart too bad hes wrong. we speak english, motherfucker. if we were speaking latin, youd be right... but we dont and the last time i checked, every other word we use that has latin roots does not need to be declined based on its use. next time u try to tell hundreds of thousands of people that theyre wrong, be 100% sure that ur right and dont be so smug. sorry to be an asshole, but there were always a couple of kids like you when i was in school and EVERYONE hated them. hopefully you understand this and maybe you can make some friends No i gotta perfect | ||
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Klaus1986
United States113 Posts
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ChapOne
Germany68 Posts
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Duis
Germany16 Posts
Thus Colossus, Colossi (plural / as a dependence on the original Latin word) or Colossus (plural) would be the correct form to say it. | ||
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
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GoStyle
United Kingdom95 Posts
Collosus is plural | ||
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
On April 16 2011 22:58 GoStyle wrote: Collosi is singular Collosus is plural Lol........ so much fail | ||
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MrSpider
France173 Posts
On April 16 2011 22:55 Arkless wrote: How do you say, no one cares in plural form? fuckurum | ||
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