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[Skadi]

Kaiser R Metzger, on 01 August 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

Maybe it's more of a gender issue?

No my good sir, that is where Awesomese come in.

Scytale, on 01 August 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

Indeed this is more complex a subject than either of us had ever imagined! I need time to ponder....

Take your time friend, for after this debate, i have a larger one. Tronlai.

[Deceptor]

Next topic. Cannon or canon. It's not canon to spell it cannon. I'm serious.

[Scytale]

Skadi, on 01 August 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

No my good sir, that is where Awesomese come in.



Take your time friend, for after this debate, i have a larger one. Tronlai.

You dare open this can of worms???

[Kyzar Kon]

Scytale, on 01 August 2012 - 08:53 PM, said:

Do you propose calling the next Atlas you see "Butch"?

Well I was thinking more on the lines of linguistic gender rules, but what the hell, sure.

[Deceptor]

But mostly I feel sorry for the people who go into battle and re-join this argument when one pops up on the crosshairs.

[SakuranoSenshi]

Semi-serious post, since some people seem genuinely confused and others think it's SRS BSNS.

Deceptor, on 01 August 2012 - 07:00 PM, said:

Its latin. Atlae.

Nope, it's not but even if it were, that would not be correct.

Khanahar, on 01 August 2012 - 04:51 PM, said:

As a classics student, I feel the need to point out that "Atlas" as in the name of the Titan, is a proper name and therefore has no plural declension in the original Greek or its Latin derivatives. We cannot extrapolate plural endings from similar words in the classical languages. As a result, "Atlases" is surely the correct answer, referring to multiples of the "Atlas." Unless you're speaking in another language, in which case you should follow local convention.

As a former Classics student who could now teach Ancient Greek and Classical Latin... no. Names do definitely decline and while it's unusual to need to pluralize them, it happens ("I saw the two Jennifers this morning") and we know how to do so. Atlantes is the correct 'original' plural.

Tussock, on 01 August 2012 - 08:16 PM, said:

So...

Octopus => Octopi
Cactus => Cacti
Radius => Radii
Hippopotamus => Hippopotami

How about anu$? It's a latin word right? If you saw more than one, would they be anii?

Close, but it's octopods for the octopus and Hippopotamoi, technically, for the final one. In English, though, not really; octopuses and hippopotamuses.

Demona, on 01 August 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:

Actually the proper plural for an octopus is octopuses. Octopi is an acceptable alternate, but not the traditional plural form.

Nope, not really. It's a just a classic example of hypercorrection.

[Deceptor]

I also feel sorry for the people who take me seriously but that's another story.

[Otto Cannon]

Kaiser R Metzger, on 01 August 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

Well I was thinking more on the lines of linguistic gender rules, but what the hell, sure.

Are female Atlai called Atlassies? the world deserves an answer to this pressing question.

[Skadi]

Scytale, on 01 August 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

You dare open this can of worms???

INDEED I DO GOOD SIR!

Otto Cannon, on 01 August 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

Are female Atlai called Atlassies? the world deserves an answer to this pressing question.

Female Atlai from nowon forth shall be Atlases, for they are both Atlas, and lases!

Edited by Skadi, 01 August 2012 - 09:01 PM.

[Scytale]

Skadi, on 01 August 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

INDEED I DO GOOD SIR!

That's not a can of worms. That's a can of dirt with worms on top*! Are you attempting to deceive me sir?

*I'm pretty sure

[Kyzar Kon]

SakuranoSenshi, on 01 August 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

Atlantes is the correct 'original' plural.

Behold the truth, now I must go any spread the word.

[Skadi]

Scytale, on 01 August 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

That's not a can of worms. That's a can of dirt with worms on top*! Are you attempting to deceive me sir?

*I'm pretty sure

This truly displays that you lack the knowledge for this kind of debate!
for without that dirt to hide in, the atlai surely would have crushed the worms by now!

Kaiser R Metzger, on 01 August 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:

Behold the truth, now I must go any spread the word.

Not on my watch false profit!

Edited by Skadi, 01 August 2012 - 09:03 PM.

[Deceptor]

I swear if you all ever start doing this real-time I'm just gonna boot.

[Noob Weapons]

You don't know the correct pronunciation of plural of an Atlas mech. therefore.. Atlai

[Skyefox]

Colossus=Colossi. Octopus=Octopi. If it was Atlus then it'd be Atlusi. But it's not. It's just Atlas.

[Scytale]

Skadi, on 01 August 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:

This truly displays that you lack the knowledge for this kind of debate!
for without that dirt to hide in, the atlai surely would have crushed the worms by now!

Not on my watch false profit!

My word, you're right! How could I... what have I done???

[Skadi]

Skyefox, on 01 August 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

Colossus=Colossai. Octopus=Octopai. If it was Atlus then it'd be Atlusi. But it's not. It's just Atlai.

I agree!

Scytale, on 01 August 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

My word, you're right! How could I... what have I done???

now because of you trillions of worms inner sphere wide are being crushed by atlai! soon enough they shall become endangered, and then extinct, you know what happens when that happens?
THE LIMA BEENS STOP GROWING!

Edited by Skadi, 01 August 2012 - 09:06 PM.

[Otto Cannon]

Deceptor, on 01 August 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

I swear if you all ever start doing this real-time I'm just gonna boot.

That's why it's so important to sort all this out in advance.

Singular: Atlas

Plural: Atlai

Feminine: Atlassies

Edited by Otto Cannon, 01 August 2012 - 09:07 PM.

[Kyzar Kon]

Kaiser R Metzger, on 01 August 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:

Behold the truth, now I must go any spread the word.

The whispers prophesie an epic poll that will shatter time itself.

[Deceptor]

Skyefox, on 01 August 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

Colossus=Colossi. Octopus=Octopi. If it was Atlus then it'd be Atlusi. But it's not. It's just Atlas.

XD