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Dr Jack
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11-15-2009 4:48 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Kaichos Man
11-14-2009 8:24 AM

I dissent. Forums, not Fora, is correct English. Fora is correct in Latin, but merely an imported affectation in English.
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11-17-2009 7:58 AM 		Reply to: Message 9 by Blue Jay
11-17-2009 1:28 AM

Re: In other news...
The proper plural of "species" is "speciei."
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In Latin, maybe, but not in SCIENCE!, in SCIENCE! the proper plural is species.
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11-17-2009 10:44 AM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Parasomnium
11-17-2009 7:55 AM

Re: In other news...
"Myanmar" when they mean Burma? (If you pronounce it quickly and a bit sloppily you can hear where "Burma" came from.)
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I was under the impression Myanmar was what Burma was renamed to by the military junta; rather than Burma being a westernisation of an original name.
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11-17-2009 11:06 AM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Parasomnium
11-17-2009 10:52 AM

Re: In other news...
Looking at Wikipedia, Burma is a westernisation of 'Bamar' which is a dialectal variation of Myanmar.
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