A minor little detail that has been bothering me...

[Rast]

...ever since I got here...

THE PLURAL OF "JEDI" IS "JEDI"!

Have you EVER heard them referred to in the books or movies as "Jedis"? The word "Jedi" is one of those words that doesn't take an "S" to become plural!

This rant was brought to you by your friendly neighborhood English minor.

[Zatania Duvall]

I never thought about it, I always just write "Jedi" because some of the lines in the movies always said "The Jedi" even if it was meant for several instead of one. I self conciously did the correct thing, unless I remember wrong.

[Marcus Telcontar]

.....?



Pural of Virus is Virus, things like that dont bother me

[imported_Grev Drasen]

?

The plural of virus is viruses... isn't it?

[Sanis Prent]

correct.

[Rast]

I've seen it pluralized in places as "virii"...sorta like "fungi". It always made me raise a brow.

[Skylar Raine Lirimaer]

Just as is Sith. There is no such word as Sithian and that has been one that gets on my nerves for years now... Sith and Jedi are both the same for singular and plural.

[Sanis Prent]

I'm glad somebody posted about this. It was driving me batty as well

[Tyreal Dalarsco]

[Sigmund Friod]My annalysis shows that you are all crackpots![/Sigmund Foid]:crack

[Destiny Stormrider]

Thank you, I learnt something, and sorry for doing so...:(

[Sanis Prent]

Freud would never say that!

There's no mention of an Oedipus Complex :lol

[Sejah Haversh]

On the subject of plurality, the plural of mongoose is mongooses, not mongeese.

[Gitane Blesse]

^_^; One thing that always amused me was that at TSE, we had Sith Lords.. But we didn't have Sith "Ladies". Nooo.. They made up the word "Sith Lordess". It was terrible, but..oddly, it sort of fit.

Besides, "Sith Lady" just sounds silly.

[Kalia]

yep....

[Kirrto McKavity]

yeah.

cos it should be sith lady, by the peerage, but that sounds daft....

ive seen people say "Sith Mistress" in other boards and stuff, but that [for some reason, in my twisted sick mind] souds... well, kinky. [shrugs]

lordess goes fine.

[Gitane Blesse]

"Masteress" just sounds messed up, so of course they would use Mistress.

But, I do think that Lordess is better, made up or not.

[Oriadin]

Fish is fish in plural as well as single. Just thought id add that. I dont see why people are being driven 'batty' about this?

[Sene Unty]

Thank you for saying this whoever said it first. I can't stand seeing Jedi's!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT MEANS NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!! JEDI! JEDI!

Thank you to everyone escpecially all the Sith's out there! :lol

[Jax Ivanrue Tondry]

the plural of baby is babies. THat will be all. ;)

The English language sucks :D

[Sene Unty]

no it doesn't suck...its just so damn complicated.

[ReaperFett]

just to comment, Im sure I once read "A Jedi's strength...". I know it's slightly different, but still :)

[imported_Jackson Mcgraves]

Originally posted by Jax Ivanrue Tondry
the plural of baby is babies. THat will be all. ;)

The English language sucks :D

actaully youshould be more accurate the american Launguage sucks and is very complicated. The English speaking people do very well for them selves. Us americans just screwed the hell out of it.

[Gitane Blesse]

Yeah.. x.@; We make up words! Like Countries!

It's supposed to be "States", dernit! Countries are for yolkels and people that like to farm.

[Sorreessa Tarrineezi]

:lol

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Jackson Mcgraves
actaully youshould be more accurate the american Launguage sucks and is very complicated. The English speaking people do very well for them selves. Us americans just screwed the hell out of it.


I wouldn't go that far. Both "British" English and "American" English have exorbitant amounts of slang and colloquialisms. The English language, in general, is extremely verbose. That's why it's so difficult to learn.

[Rast]

Originally posted by ReaperFett
just to comment, Im sure I once read "A Jedi's strength...". I know it's slightly different, but still :)

That's possessive, Fett, not plural. :)

[Gouyen Chee]

English as we know it today on either side of The Pond, is an unwieldy combination of Anglo-Saxon and Norman French with a ton of loan words from languages as varied as Latin and Arabic. No wonder it's a pain in the *whatever* to learn -- every rule has about ten exceptions.

That's why I like to say I majored in Anguish. :headache

[ReaperFett]

Yeah, it wasnt so much a disagreement, more of a clarification for readers :)

[Sejah Haversh]

I'd like to point out one of the main reasons that American English is often different.

Noah Webster.

Yes, he's the guy who wrote the original Webster's Dictionary. Words were changed in spelling, and other "American" versions of words were includer instead of their British counterparts as to distance the newly liberated America from England. He wanted us to be quite seperate, and so screwed over the English language.

That is not to say I don't Like American English; I use it every day, and am quite the satisfied customer with it.

[Wei Wu Wei]

This is all very strange. Sometimes English bothers me so much I don;t speak at all some days.

[xsmokingmanx]

I here ya wei you don't need to talk IRL especially on those dam contraptions called phones. Dam I hate them things.

[Lady Vader]

Besides, "Sith Lady" just sounds silly.

o_O

*Looks at own name.*

*Looks at Gitane.*

You calling me "silly"?!?!?!?!?!?!

No, really, come here and let me show you how "silly" I REALLY am!

:p:lol

[Sanis Prent]

(honks her nose)

You ARE silly.

[AmazonBabe]

:: Involuntarily punches him in the forehead a-la-when-he-was-out-here-in-May. ::

I KNOW I'm silly! :p

[Mu Satach]

*skips around the room throwing rose petals*

la la al al alala la la la....

now *that* was silly... :p

[Marcus Telcontar]

Pull my finger.

Now if anyone does that, the result WILL be silly.

Or disgusting.

Take you pick

[Mu Satach]

*screams at the sight of the finger*

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:lol:lol

[Videl]

*hides* not that again!

[Pilot Akito]

***ATTENTION***
***THIS IS A HURRICANE WARNING FOR ALL PARTS SOUTH OF THE NORTH POLE.***
***INCASE OF FINGER PULLING--DUCK AND COVER.***
***END OF MESSAGE.***

[Gitane Blesse]

Originally posted by Lady Vader
*Looks at own name.*

You calling me "silly"?!?!?!?!?!?!



Nooo! ^_^; You're a Mistress, as far as I know.. And I just mean as a ranking, "Sith Lady" would sound silly, whereas when it's used as more of a title, like "Lady Vader" then it sounds fine. :)