Gregory Williamson wrote:
>> Well, off to top post on some other forums ... ;-)
statman wrote:
> <Mr. Picky Mode> Should that not be "Well, off to post on some other
> fora"? </Mr. Picky Mode> 8¬>
No. It /can/ be, but it /needn't/ be. Actually, saying "fora" is variously
considered affected, pompous or silly, and is done either out of excessive
pedantry or humorous rhetorical style.
As in this instance.
> The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.
> * Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
From <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forum>
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