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14-08-2006, 06:25 PM
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This has got me beat, whats the plural?
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14-08-2006, 06:28 PM
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we call them foci' at work.... lol
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14-08-2006, 06:30 PM
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Shouldnt it be fociis or something? Or focus'?
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14-08-2006, 06:39 PM
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Its Foci (Pronounced: Folk-eye). Like Radii is the plural for Radius.
Take that from a Student of English Language and lexical studies. As you'd say on Millionaire, I'm 100% certain. It just seems weird calling a bunch of cars Foci thats all. |
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14-08-2006, 06:42 PM
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Foci is correct
sounds lame tho  :Uni/. |
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14-08-2006, 06:45 PM
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foci sounds like f$%$#@
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14-08-2006, 07:12 PM
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Foci.
Focus has the same masculine singular noun structure as the common latin noun "servus" meaning servant. The plural of servus is servi. Focus would follow in the same form. It is bad english to plce an "es" on the end of a noun ending in "us". Much like octopus (octopi), hippopotamus (hippopotami) and thesaurus (thesauri). There. High school latin did come in handy after all!!
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14-08-2006, 07:57 PM
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I have always called it Foci
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14-08-2006, 08:09 PM
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Yeap definitely Foci, I'm outnumbered 2 to 1 in the driveway by the buggers and they were always referred in the household as that.
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14-08-2006, 08:34 PM
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I'm getting sick of deleteing posts.. soon I'll be deleteing people instead.. comprende?
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14-08-2006, 08:35 PM
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aw c'mon that was above board, sorry
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14-08-2006, 08:36 PM
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Yep me 3
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14-08-2006, 08:55 PM
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ok, 2 more deleted. I'll make it real simple now.. next post out of line gets edited and the owner doesnt want me to post it up.. trust me!
Then i ban the person so it cant get edited back. Not playing games at the moment.
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14-08-2006, 09:16 PM
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anyhoo they are nice little cars tho, what are they worth new???
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14-08-2006, 09:33 PM
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This thread is a joke
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14-08-2006, 09:52 PM
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It is a good question... One that i didnt really have an answer too. Until i read above posts explaning noun structure etc. Foci seemed right but i didnt know.
Im pretty sure i learnt more in this thread the entire primary school english class..  :
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14-08-2006, 10:15 PM
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14-08-2006, 10:23 PM
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14-08-2006, 10:37 PM
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The real plural of Focus, Fiesta, Mondeo or Cougar is www.eurofordclub.com
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14-08-2006, 10:43 PM
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FOCI.
(Thats my statement for this evening.)
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14-08-2006, 11:44 PM
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I know proper English is Focii, but I say Focuses
This is because the Focus is the name, if changed to be english correct, it would lose its brand recognition. Its similar to Marcus. If there was a few of him they wouldn't be referred to as Marcii. |
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15-08-2006, 12:23 AM
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This is one of the few times I would go against correct English, and say Focuses. It sounds incredibly stupid saying Foci, especially talking about a car.
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15-08-2006, 12:28 PM
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Hm.... to me there is only one focus anyway :P
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22-08-2006, 05:47 PM
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15-08-2006, 02:35 PM
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I usually refer to it as Foci. Some of my uneducated mates refer to them as Focarse!!
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24-08-2006, 06:57 PM
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ok.. now for something a bit more interesting. During a quiet moment of reflection and navel lint cleaning today I had a thought.
If a carpark full of Focus vehicles would be referred to as a Carpark full of FOCI, would a room full of guys named Marcus be referred to as a Room of MARCI?? Its a name, its a group of them so the same english grammer rules would apply correct?
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24-08-2006, 08:38 PM
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I'd have thought that plurals for brand names (or proper nouns, for that matter) are exceptions to rules otherwise applying.
One Holden Statesman; two Holden Statesmans (c.f. Statesmen) One Toyota Camry; two Toyota Camrys (c.f. Camries) One Sony Walkman; two Sony Walkmans (c.f. Walkmen) Therefore, one Ford Focus, two Ford Focuses. |
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25-08-2006, 12:26 PM
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My son's name is Angus. But if there are two of them, I don't think it would be two Angi!!!!!.....surely two Angus' ( thats how you spell Angus's)
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ok, so what is the plural? Focus's or Foci?
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