An OPL3 can be quite cool

[Peter Korsten]

K9 Kai Niggemann schreef op 11-2-2014 15:17:

> in other words: there is no excuse for using lame presets (stay 
> especially far away from the ones labelled "k9" in OS3 of the 
> Virii...;) at all...!

Pet hate: people who don't know Latin.

The plural of "virus" is "viruses". In Latin, t's a word from the second 
declension, meaning "acrid element" or "venom", like from snakes, 
creatures or plants.

Words from the second declension generally are male (-us) or neuter 
(-um, like "museum"). The plural of words ending in "-us" is "-i" (at 
least, in the nominative inflection), whereas the nominative plural of a 
word in "-um" is "-a": in Dutch, the Latin plural is used, so "musea" 
instead of "museums".

If you take the word for "son", "filius", the plural is "filii". And 
there you get your "-ii" ending. But it's "virus" and not "virius", so 
the Latin plural is "viri" and not "virii". But the English plural is 
"viruses".

The Quasimidi Sirius would have "Sirii" as the nominative plural.

That's all for tonight. Sleep well. :)

- Peter
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