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Re: Status, Portable

At 22:03 Uhr -0400 23.06.2002, Harry Binswanger wrote:
>Carl wrote:
>
>> Who, today, says "genera" with a straight
>>face?
>
>Carl, Carl, Carl. *Everyone* I know says "genera." I'm sure David A. will
>tell you the same. Not only is "genuses" (Greek, not Latin) incorrect, it
>feels clumsy on the tongue (or my tongue anyway).

But is joins so nicely with virusses, quorums, forums, datums, addendums,
and all sorts of other words quite naturally used by today products of
modern education systems...


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-- Rene