EPTHow to "correctly" say colossus - Page 3
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Eviltoast
Australia166 Posts
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rel
Guam3521 Posts
Col-los-eye Uhm. | ||
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NASL-Kronos
United States28 Posts
At least I assume it does based on standard vowel/consonant changes from PIE to the Greek "κολοσσός" to the Latin transliteration Colossus. Starcraft has deep roots. | ||
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Vathus
Canada404 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:39 rel wrote: Co-los-us Col-los-eye Uhm. Co-loss-or-um! I don't know why but I'm laughing so hard at this thread =/ | ||
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GGOda
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Hoku
United States129 Posts
Can you post the English version of this thread? | ||
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Coolguy
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=169878 | ||
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Cycle
United States300 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:28 Dexington wrote: Colossorum for everything it is. Exactly this. "I built me a colossorum!" | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43810 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:41 Vathus wrote: Co-loss-or-um! I don't know why but I'm laughing so hard at this thread =/ I think I know why. Because you're used to things like: Octopi, not octopusorum Rhinoceri, not rhinocerorhiums Rhombi, not rhombusaurus Cacti, not cactorioriorus Perhaps these are from different roots, but they're more common than Colossus. I'm sure the OP is technically correct with his Latin. I'm equally certain that people aren't going to be able to memorize all of those rules, because we're used to English, not Latin  | ||
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Hoku
United States129 Posts
Edit: I suppose I should have read the last paragraph of the OP | ||
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Match
215 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:47 Hoku wrote: Has anyone responded to the fact that Latin conjugation is not relevant to English conjugation? Only about 50 times. | ||
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speedphlux
Bulgaria962 Posts
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MajorityofOne
Canada2506 Posts
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Kira761
United States62 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:53 MajorityofOne wrote: Plural of colossus: Colossoraptors, obviously LOL this. I would love to hear a caster refer to many Colossus to Colossoraptors. That would be hilarious. | ||
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McFortran
United States79 Posts
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:41 GGOda wrote: want me to do it to nexus? Yes! I've been losing sleep over it. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43810 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:41 GGOda wrote: want me to do it to nexus? YES! But please in this same thread  | ||
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biomech
Germany380 Posts
source: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/game/unit/colossus | ||
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Arisen
United States2382 Posts
"stormers" "wraths" "scowrge" "lunkers" "zeelots" "de-fillers" "courser's" and "are baters" | ||
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