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How to "correctly" say colossus - Page 4
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GGOda
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43810 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:08 biomech wrote: ez, one Colossus - many Colossi. source: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/game/unit/colossus Well, I guess that's that. gg no re | ||
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DrGreen
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On April 16 2011 10:09 Backpack wrote: If people had trouble with colossi/colossuses, how do you expect them to remember 7 more ways of saying it? In Polish every word have 7+ forms. Funny that americans can't remember 7 forms of one word. | ||
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KevinIX
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Spinfuser
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bkrow
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I don't see many people caring or using your "latin" correct terms for Colossi - in short, people aren't worried about syntax when debating video games. Particularly when the post pointing out this has so many grammatical errors that it seems so ironic. On April 16 2011 11:20 DrGreen wrote: In Polish every word have 7+ forms. Funny that americans can't remember 7 forms of one word. It's got nothing to do with Americans or your anti-American point of view. It has to do with the English language | ||
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dtz
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garlicface
Canada4196 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:20 DrGreen wrote: In Polish every word have 7+ forms. Funny that americans can't remember 7 forms of one word. Really? You had to go there? | ||
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iSTime
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SARgeant47
United States24 Posts
P.S. Thanks for taking the time to post this though, it was quite informative. I just don't see why it really matters or that people are going to say it properly. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43810 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:20 KevinIX wrote: This has probably been said already, but Colossus is an english word. So the plural isn't Colossee, instead, it can simply be pronounced Coloxen. What? Coloxen? Blizzard refers to the plural as Colossi. We also know that octopus becomes octopi, and that we don't have rhinoceroxen or rhomboxen or cactoxen either. Colossi is fine, thanks | ||
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Kerotan
England2109 Posts
Seriously, this thread is totes dumb, from a players point of view, I don't need to say the unit name every time I build one, and from a casters point of view, I don't think anyone is confused when the term colossi is used in all circumstances but singular. Plus Coloxon is a great word. -edit On April 16 2011 11:32 SARgeant47 wrote: I think this is a hilarious thread because (not to be racist) a latino has to tell english speakers how to say colossus. Quoted for hilarious misunderstanding of what being Latin this context means. | ||
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Bear4188
United States1797 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:20 DrGreen wrote: In Polish every word have 7+ forms. Funny that americans can't remember 7 forms of one word. You hear that Brits? The language is ours now! | ||
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