User talk:BigOcto

Walrus
Calling walruses "walri" is a new one on me. Do you have a source which uses it? Feel free to discuss on Talk:Walrus. Thanks, --TeaDrinker 19:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * "Walri" is absolutely incorrect as the plural for "walrus". The only words ending in "-us" that take "-i" in the plural are Latin masculine second declension nouns such as "alumnus" or "romanus", etc. The word "walrus" comes from the Old Norse for "Whale horse" . The plural of "walrus", by any accepted standard, is "walruses". &mdash; Dave (Talk | contribs) 19:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

You know, the above editor is absolutely correct. The "us" to "i" pluralization convention applies to Latin words, but "walrus" comes from Old Norse by way of Dutch, so "walri" doesn't work. Poindexter Propellerhead 22:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

June 2007
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