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[SakuranoSenshi]

The 'taking it seriously crowd' are also badly informed, it seems. Lest anyone else try and correct us, we already know the real ones and octopus doesn't pluralize by replacing -us with -i.

Edit:

We overlapped, possibly because I didn't refresh, so to answer; the apostrophe thing is a matter of style (and occasional debate), in real speech, people often say them both as if written "Atlas's" i.e. identical to the plural "Atlases" if that's easy enough to do. Pedants would usually argue that what you should do is "-'s" for the singular possessive and pronounce it and apostrophe only and not pronounce any ess for the plural possessive.

In short, clarity is what people strive for and this is how and why rules simplify and foreign words end up being treated just like any other.

Edited by SakuranoSenshi, 04 August 2012 - 09:32 PM.

[Scytale]

SakuranoSenshi, on 04 August 2012 - 09:25 PM, said:

The 'taking it seriously crowd' are also badly informed, it seems. Lest anyone else try and correct us, we already know the real ones and octopus doesn't pluralize by replacing -us with -i.

Edit:

We overlapped, possibly because I didn't refresh, so to answer; the apostrophe thing is a matter of style (and occasional debate), in real speech, people often say them both as if written "Atlas's" i.e. identical to the plural "Atlases" if that's easy enough to do. Pedants would usually argue that what you should do is "-'s" for the singular possessive and pronounce it and apostrophe only and not pronounce any ess for the plural possessive.

In short, clarity is what people strive for and this is how and why rules simplify and foreign words end up being treated just like any other.

Very concise, and it makes sense =) Thanks!

On an unrelated note, I once had a lecturer who pronounced 'apostrophe' as 'APP-o-stroaph'.

Edited by Scytale, 04 August 2012 - 09:46 PM.

[Skadi]

Janus Wealth, on 04 August 2012 - 11:18 AM, said:

Hey you got that from me

Butane9000, on 04 August 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

I am fairly sure Skadi used some underhanded tactics to change the winning vote from Atlases to Atlai. How dare you use such underhanded tricks sir. I delete my vote in defiance!

Edited by Skadi, 04 August 2012 - 09:55 PM.

[Butane9000]

Skadi, on 04 August 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

Hey you got that from me

[Skadi]

Butane9000, on 05 August 2012 - 03:34 PM, said:

[Insidious Johnson]

Vote Atlas for singular and plural like moose!

[EaGle098]

I voted for both, did I do bad o.O

[Scytale]

EaGle098, on 05 August 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

I voted for both, did I do bad o.O

No my friend, you did very, very well.

[JFlash49]

i dont see a choice there...*walks away*

[SailorJerrys]

Atlas.

For when you want to beat someone's *** into a pulp and then grind up that pulp into powder and mix that powder into water, freeze it and make asscicles.

[Atterro]

Kdogprime, on 06 August 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

Atlas.

For when you want to beat someone's *** into a pulp and then grind up that pulp into powder and mix that powder into water, freeze it and make asscicles.

That is the purpose of an Atlas. We're looking for the pluralization.

[SailorJerrys]

Atterro, on 06 August 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

That is the purpose of an Atlas. We're looking for the pluralization.

Altai. For when you want to make asscicles with friends.

[Atterro]

Kdogprime, on 06 August 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

Altai. For when you want to make asscicles with friends.

[UnseenFury]

This thread gave me lulz.

[Oddmund]

can a groupe of atlas be called a murder like crow, as in hey there goes a murder of atlas. just my two cents

Edited by dankith, 07 August 2012 - 12:32 PM.

[Skinflowers]

We have arrived, and it is now that we perform our charge.
In fealty to the God-Emperor (our undying Lord) and by the Grace of the Golden Throne, I declare Exterminatus upon the MechWarrior Online Thread: ATLAI OR ATLESES? VOTE NOW!

I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire thread and consign a billion pixels to oblivion.
May Imperial Justice account in all balance.

The Emperor Protects.

Edited by Skinflowers, 08 August 2012 - 01:38 PM.

[Scytale]

dankith, on 07 August 2012 - 12:30 PM, said:

can a groupe of atlas be called a murder like crow, as in hey there goes a murder of atlas. just my two cents

I believe we settled on either Murder, Abomination, or Steiner. Or some combination of the above.

[Spectre Six]

Scytale, on 07 August 2012 - 02:47 PM, said:

I believe we settled on either Murder, Abomination, or Steiner. Or some combination of the above.

A Marauder??

[Scytale]

Spectre Six, on 07 August 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

A Marauder??

This was either the most brilliant effort in portmanteau history, or a misread. I'm going to assume it was the former!

[Celebrant]

the pole only has options for atlai...