Free Fonts

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off free
fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.

Sorry, JoAnn. I must correct your Latin.

Virus, in Latin, is a masculine noun, and thus becomes viri (single "i"
ending) in plural. For it to have double "i" plural, it would need to have
the singular form "--ius", as in "radius".

However, in English, the "--es" plural ending should be used - thus viruses.
Similarly, a university or college may have a number of campuses rather than
campi and certainly never campii.

Other than that, your advice is, as always, exemplary!

Patricius .... errrr .... Paddy

JoAnn, of course I was pulling your leg. We're friends!!

Tom
"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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| Tom was having some fun with me. Kind of a text version of pulling on my
| braids. (I think he has a secret crush on me.) ;-)
|
| --
|
| JoAnn Paules
| Microsoft MVP - Publisher
|
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|
|
|
| "Poprivet" wrote in message
| ...
| Tom Willett wrote:
| In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses.
| This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and refers
| to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
|
| The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown in
| edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as alternative
| forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to
| hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni or
| false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as
| jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word
| play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
|
| To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as the
| plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")
|
| ;-)
|
|
|
| Tom
|
| "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| ...
| All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off
| free fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
|
| --
| JoAnn Paules
| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|
| ~~~~~
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|
|
| "Paul" wrote in message
| ...
| Where can I get additional free fonts for Word 2003 SP2 ?
|
| Who cares?? You knew what was meant, so you wasted your time with your
| piciune assasinine response.
|
| There, spillcheck that, bunky!
|
|
|
|

Actually, "virus" is not a second-declension noun in Latin; it is fourth. As
Tom pointed out, "viri" is the plural of "vir."

--
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Paddy" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off free
fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.

Sorry, JoAnn. I must correct your Latin.

Virus, in Latin, is a masculine noun, and thus becomes viri (single "i"
ending) in plural. For it to have double "i" plural, it would need to
have
the singular form "--ius", as in "radius".

However, in English, the "--es" plural ending should be used - thus
viruses.
Similarly, a university or college may have a number of campuses rather
than
campi and certainly never campii.

Other than that, your advice is, as always, exemplary!

Patricius .... errrr .... Paddy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Actually, "virus" is not a second-declension noun in Latin; it is fourth.
As
Tom pointed out, "viri" is the plural of "vir."

Hmmm. Indeed. That would make the plural "virus", and still not "virii".

Still, gotta watch those free font downloads, as JoAnn said! :-)

Paddy

I knew it! He was playing with my knee! ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Tom Willett" wrote in message
...
JoAnn, of course I was pulling your leg. We're friends!!

Tom
"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
| Tom was having some fun with me. Kind of a text version of pulling on my
| braids. (I think he has a secret crush on me.) ;-)
|
| --
|
| JoAnn Paules
| Microsoft MVP - Publisher
|
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|
|
|
| "Poprivet" wrote in message
| ...
| Tom Willett wrote:
| In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses.
| This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and refers
| to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
|
| The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown in
| edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as alternative
| forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to
| hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni or
| false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as
| jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word
| play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
|
| To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as the
| plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")
|
| ;-)
|
|
|
| Tom
|
| "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| ...
| All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off
| free fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
|
| --
| JoAnn Paules
| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|
| ~~~~~
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|
|
| "Paul" wrote in message
| ...
| Where can I get additional free fonts for Word 2003 SP2 ?
|
| Who cares?? You knew what was meant, so you wasted your time with
your
| piciune assasinine response.
|
| There, spillcheck that, bunky!
|
|
|
|

Not a bad knee, for such an old lady ;-)

Tom

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
|I knew it! He was playing with my knee! ;-)
|
| --
| JoAnn Paules
| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|
| ~~~~~
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote in message
| ...
| JoAnn, of course I was pulling your leg. We're friends!!
|
| Tom
| "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| ...
| | Tom was having some fun with me. Kind of a text version of pulling on
my
| | braids. (I think he has a secret crush on me.) ;-)
| |
| | --
| |
| | JoAnn Paules
| | Microsoft MVP - Publisher
| |
| | How to ask a question
| | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| |
| |
| |
| | "Poprivet" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Tom Willett wrote:
| | In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses.
| | This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and
refers
| | to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
| |
| | The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown
in
| | edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as
alternative
| | forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to
| | hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni
or
| | false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as
| | jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word
| | play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
| |
| | To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as the
| | plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")
| |
| | ;-)
| |
| |
| |
| | Tom
| |
| | "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| | ...
| | All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off
| | free fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
| |
| | --
| | JoAnn Paules
| | MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
| |
| | ~~~~~
| | How to ask a question
| | http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
| |
| |
| | "Paul" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Where can I get additional free fonts for Word 2003 SP2 ?
| |
| | Who cares?? You knew what was meant, so you wasted your time with
| your
| | piciune assasinine response.
| |
| | There, spillcheck that, bunky!
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

I'm just not sure how to read that. :-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Tom Willett" wrote in message
...
Not a bad knee, for such an old lady ;-)

Tom

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
|I knew it! He was playing with my knee! ;-)
|
| --
| JoAnn Paules
| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|
| ~~~~~
| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote in message
| ...
| JoAnn, of course I was pulling your leg. We're friends!!
|
| Tom
| "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| ...
| | Tom was having some fun with me. Kind of a text version of pulling
on
my
| | braids. (I think he has a secret crush on me.) ;-)
| |
| | --
| |
| | JoAnn Paules
| | Microsoft MVP - Publisher
| |
| | How to ask a question
| | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| |
| |
| |
| | "Poprivet" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Tom Willett wrote:
| | In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses.
| | This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and
refers
| | to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
| |
| | The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown
in
| | edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as
alternative
| | forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to
| | hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni
or
| | false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use
as
| | jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate
word
| | play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
| |
| | To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as
the
| | plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")
| |
| | ;-)
| |
| |
| |
| | Tom
| |
| | "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| | ...
| | All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off
| | free fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
| |
| | --
| | JoAnn Paules
| | MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
| |
| | ~~~~~
| | How to ask a question
| | http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
| |
| |
| | "Paul" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Where can I get additional free fonts for Word 2003 SP2 ?
| |
| | Who cares?? You knew what was meant, so you wasted your time with
| your
| | piciune assasinine response.
| |
| | There, spillcheck that, bunky!
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

And here I thought that 14 messages on a "free fonts" question
would result in lots of free font information. sigh.

"Paddy" wrote:


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off free
fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.

Sorry, JoAnn. I must correct your Latin.

Virus, in Latin, is a masculine noun, and thus becomes viri (single "i"
ending) in plural. For it to have double "i" plural, it would need to have
the singular form "--ius", as in "radius".

However, in English, the "--es" plural ending should be used - thus viruses.
Similarly, a university or college may have a number of campuses rather than
campi and certainly never campii.

Other than that, your advice is, as always, exemplary!

Patricius .... errrr .... Paddy

And what did you get when you tried searching the web for them?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"ByTheTimeIuseThisAgainIwontRememberIt"
ByTheTimeIuseThisAgainIwontRememberIt@discussions .microsoft.com wrote in
message ...
And here I thought that 14 messages on a "free fonts" question
would result in lots of free font information. sigh.

"Paddy" wrote:


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off free
fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.

Sorry, JoAnn. I must correct your Latin.

Virus, in Latin, is a masculine noun, and thus becomes viri (single "i"
ending) in plural. For it to have double "i" plural, it would need to
have
the singular form "--ius", as in "radius".

However, in English, the "--es" plural ending should be used - thus
viruses.
Similarly, a university or college may have a number of campuses rather
than
campi and certainly never campii.

Other than that, your advice is, as always, exemplary!

Patricius .... errrr .... Paddy