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Re: Virus qua word
- Subject: Re: Virus qua word
- From: Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 05:29:20 +0000
Reply to note from Harmon Seaver Fri, 15 Aug 97
01:39:00 +0000
-> ... "viri" has already become fairly well established as the
-> the plural for computer viruses.
Hmmmm. An Alta Vista search on "viri near computer" returns 25
documents; whereas "viruses near computer" returns 11301.
-> Computerdom, as I'm sure you've already noticed, has strangely
-> twisted the English language in many respects. Besides the
-> slang terms, you'll see many words used in ways difficult for
-> the non-initiates to comprehend.
As a lawyer I'm shocked, shocked to hear that....
-CLD