Message Forum: A platypus and another platypus

A platypus and another platypus

Posted By: Paul A., on host 130.95.128.51
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2001, at 17:04:22
In Reply To: Re: A formal introduction posted by Penny-stamp Man on Thursday, March 1, 2001, at 09:35:53:

> Platypi007, i am sure, would wish you to note that platypi is plural of platipus,

If so, Platypi007 would be wrong.

-i is a plural wossname for *Latin* words ending in -us.

"Platypus" is derived from the *Greek*.

> whereas platipuses is a concocted word.

That's not a disrecommendation -- "platypus" is also a concocted word...

Paul