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« on: December 20, 2005, 08:31:43 am »
Hello,
I am aware this is a little nitpicking, but I'd like to know what I miss here.

So many people refer to the plural of Zaurus as "Zaurii". but if you consider Zaurus to be a latin male noun, the plural would be "Zauri".

What's the secret behind "Zaurii"?
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2005, 10:05:02 am »
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Hello,
I am aware this is a little nitpicking, but I'd like to know what I miss here.

So many people refer to the plural of Zaurus as "Zaurii". but if you consider Zaurus to be a latin male noun, the plural would be "Zauri".

What's the secret behind "Zaurii"?
Thanks
daniel
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I like Zauruseses personally.
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2005, 10:20:15 am »
An old discussion :
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4665&hl=

I wouldn't know, maybe the word zaurus has japanese roots ?

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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2005, 02:57:35 pm »
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Hello,
I am aware this is a little nitpicking, but I'd like to know what I miss here.

So many people refer to the plural of Zaurus as "Zaurii". but if you consider Zaurus to be a latin male noun, the plural would be "Zauri".

What's the secret behind "Zaurii"?
Thanks
daniel
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That's easy. None of us actually speak Latin, therefore we made it up and it stuck.
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2005, 04:48:16 pm »
I call to all zaurus "zubi" jejej
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2005, 06:42:03 pm »
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Hello,
I am aware this is a little nitpicking, but I'd like to know what I miss here.

So many people refer to the plural of Zaurus as "Zaurii". but if you consider Zaurus to be a latin male noun, the plural would be "Zauri".

What's the secret behind "Zaurii"?
Thanks
daniel
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Maybe the plural is actually zaurii... and we are all wrong about the singular, which in truth is Zaurius?
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2005, 06:50:13 pm »
I thought it was Zauri, for 2 and Zaurii if it was more than 2. I stoped my considerations there even though I wasn't sure. I was afraid I'd eventually have to use xkill to close my mind if i had to keep adding an i for each increase.
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2005, 12:06:22 am »
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I thought it was Zauri, for 2 and Zaurii if it was more than 2. I stoped my considerations there even though I wasn't sure. I was afraid I'd eventually have to use xkill to close my mind if i had to keep adding an i for each increase.
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If we consider it as a 4th declension Latin noun rather than 2nd, we can have it the same as the singular - or, if you use the American Classical pronunciation and orthography I learned in high school, put a macron over the second syllable to form the plural.

singular

Nominative - zaurus
Genitive- zaurus
Dative - zaurui, zauru
Accusative - zaurum
Ablative - zauru
Locative zauri
Vocative zaurus

plural Plural

Nominative - zaurus
Genitive - zauruum
Dative - zauribus, (zaurubus)
Accusative - zaurus
Ablative - zauribus, (zaurubus)
Locative - zauribus, (zaurubus)
Vocative - zaurus

... at least <b>manus</b> works that way, and it means "hand".

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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2005, 03:10:55 am »
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I thought it was Zauri, for 2 and Zaurii if it was more than 2. I stoped my considerations there even though I wasn't sure. I was afraid I'd eventually have to use xkill to close my mind if i had to keep adding an i for each increase.
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oh, and what happens if you speak about Sharp's stock of zauriiiiiiiiiiii...? ;-)
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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2005, 03:18:19 am »
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I call to all zaurus "zubi" jejej
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My collegue at work calls it "Zausel" :-) This is kind of a German nickname for your honey, but not a very common one. Some people may call their dog this way.
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2005, 10:37:27 am »
I thought that we, as enthusiasts, are the Zuarii or is it Zuarites

Don't do classical languages I'm afraid.

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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2005, 11:04:16 am »
Oh! is really... my zaurus c3k is codenamed "spitz" (I preferr a name os a cat  but... )
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« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2005, 03:08:53 pm »
I call mine Gimlet (which is a sharp tool)

A friend said I should start a website devoted to it and call it
www.site4Zauri.com  (say it really slow... site for sore eyes.. ), well at least we had a good laugh
 
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