Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!lad-shrike!marcos
From: marcos@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (M V Lapolla)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Natural Information Procesing
Summary: Spelling, Homines Sapientes and sea slugs
Keywords: Intelligence, Consciousness, Sensory Awareness, Problem Solving
Message-ID: <136@killdeer.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 88 21:41:55 GMT
References: <465@soleil.UUCP> <10007@swan.ulowell.edu> <41580@linus.UUCP> <640@quintus.UUCP>
Organization: Lockheed Austin Div.
Lines: 17

In article <640@quintus.UUCP>, ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
> In article <41580@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Kort) writes:
> >One of the goals a Homo Sapien may reasonably adopt is the goal of
> >achieving consciousness and becoming human.
> 
> Another goal is mastery of spelling:  "homo sapiens" is *singular*.
> The plural would be "homines sapientes".

Only if our native language were Latin in which case we'd also decline for
case. Since our native language, or at least mine, is English I feel free
to incorporate "homo sapiens" into English and impose English pluralization
rules to it. (Using English plural morphemes etc.)    

Ciao,

M.
;-)