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From: eric@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Language :-)
Message-ID: <326@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Jun-86 10:04:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.326
Posted: Tue Jun  3 10:04:44 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Jun-86 08:35:01 EDT
References: <94@obelix.UUCP> <2533@pogo.UUCP> <119@c3pe.UUCP>
Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <119@c3pe.UUCP> glenn@c3pe.UUCP (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.) writes:
>This isn't terribly relevant, so I'll keep it short:
>
>In article <2533@pogo.UUCP>, richr@pogo.UUCP (Rich Rodgers) writes:
>> Many people are currently running their Amiga's (Amigi ??) with a 68010.
>
>If we want to but cute and classical, imitating Greek or Latin, I think
>the plural of "Amiga" should be "Amigai" (Greek, first declension, feminine).
>An alternative is to be even more pretensious and consider that because 
>each Amiga is a collection of processors (CPU, Blitter, etc.) "Amiga" is
>already plural, in which case the singular wouldbe "Amigon" (Greek again,
>second declension, neuter).  Do you think of your computer as "she" or "it"
>(or "them")?  :-)
>
>I also refer to different versions of Unix as "Unices", by the way, in which
>it seems I'm not alone.  Stand up for classy plurals!
>

I always assumed Amiga to be the feminine form of the Spanish word 'friend'.
If such is the case, the plural form of Amiga is Amigas (or las Amigas)!

	Eric Cotton

-- 

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