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Sweriskaka GoonFleet GoonSwarm	Posted - 2006.10.12 14:01:00 - [31] Originally by: Ithildin Drazhar Kain: Grow up. You are not alone in this world and your knowledge of the english languages is clearly not what it should be. Both bonuses and boni are acceptable forms of the plural in an international environment. Your complaint would only have foundation if it was in the subtext of american english only (where the latin origin of many words have been removed). "boni" is not acceptable, for the simple reason that it does not exist in Latin. The plural of "bonus" is "bonūs", not "boni". Since it'd be fairly stupid to try to pronounce that in English, "bonuses" is the accepted usage.
Wizie Minmatar Euphoria Released Euphoria Unleashed	Posted - 2006.10.12 14:31:00 - [32] Originally by: Drazhar Kain Edited by: Drazhar Kain on 12/10/2006 04:04:53 Originally by: Wizie .... boni .... It's BONUSES!!! HOLY HELL! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bonus Fine, my mistake. Now get lost troll. ----------------- Sig removed by some noob
JoCool Caldari Infinitus Odium	Posted - 2006.10.12 15:04:00 - [33] Originally by: Drazhar Kain Edited by: Drazhar Kain on 12/10/2006 04:04:53 Originally by: Wizie .... boni .... It's BONUSES!!! HOLY HELL! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bonus Your dictionary is wrong, it is boni, latin plural of bonus. I wonder why the word is in that american dictionary, it isn't even english. Well, must be because the dictionary is from the internet _______________________________________________________________________ Trey Azagthoth > Youre my idol Jocool. I wanna be like Jocool jr. or Jocool the sequel! Oveur > ohnoes jocool
JoCool Caldari Infinitus Odium	Posted - 2006.10.12 15:06:00 - [34] I never heard of bonns. What's this, german? _______________________________________________________________________ Trey Azagthoth > Youre my idol Jocool. I wanna be like Jocool jr. or Jocool the sequel! Oveur > ohnoes jocool
Hellspawn01 Amarr	Posted - 2006.10.12 15:16:00 - [35] Hehe, tux posts something and ppl come out of all holes to get his interest. Kinda funny tbh Ship lovers click here
Tibullus	Posted - 2006.10.12 16:17:00 - [36] Originally by: JoCool Originally by: Drazhar Kain Edited by: Drazhar Kain on 12/10/2006 04:04:53 Originally by: Wizie .... boni .... It's BONUSES!!! HOLY HELL! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bonus Your dictionary is wrong, it is boni, latin plural of bonus. I wonder why the word is in that american dictionary, it isn't even english. Well, must be because the dictionary is from the internet Enough of this crap. I have ignored it long enough. Bonus is not a latin word, not the way we use it. Sure, the word bonus exists in latin - it is a second declension adjective meaning 'good'. The word bonus as we know it is a bastardisation of that latin word. I think the bastardisation first occurred in the early stock exchanges, not sure about that. So the plural of the English word bonus is bonuses. Using the latin plural is pointless since the latin word is an adjective and means nothing in English but just for the pedants out there it is boni. However, when using alliterated greek and latin words with their original meaning the same grammar rules apply e.g. the singular of criteria is criterion and so on. But just to reiterate, since the english word bonus has a bastardised meaning, this doesn't apply. Even if the latin word has many alternate meanings, and many do, the English word bonus is still a bastardisation. How do I know? I'm a third-year classicist (latin and ancient greek) at Oxford University. I didn't want to weigh in. I just want to end this bloody inane discussion.
madaluap Gallente Mercenary Forces	Posted - 2006.10.12 16:47:00 - [37] gotta love these forums _________________________________________________
Nyxus GALAXIAN Rule of Three	Posted - 2006.10.12 17:23:00 - [38] Originally by: madaluap gotta love these forums I will second that. I don't know what I would do without these gasoline soaked forums of ours. Well.....I suppose I would actually do some work at, well work. But honestly, wheres the fun in that? Nyxus PS - Thank you Classist dude. Will be a nice bonus to put that to rest. Or bonuses. Originally by: Tux The thought of a missile spewing armor tanking cool black looking ship makes me happy in the pants
Tovarishch Caldari Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2006.10.12 17:31:00 - [39] Originally by: Tibullus Stuff... How do I know? I'm a third-year classicist (latin and ancient greek) at Oxford University. I didn't want to weigh in. I just want to end this bloody inane discussion. Oh... my... God. Toot your own horn much, do you? PS. A 'third-year classicist' would properly capitalize 'Latin' and 'Ancient Greek'... and would most likely name drop which dialects they are studying (Ionic, Aeolic, or even Homeric). All life is sacred... until the client says otherwise.
Taipan Gedscho Taipan Industries	Posted - 2006.10.12 17:45:00 - [40] Originally by: Laythun Please look at heavy drones. 'adjust' the damage they do to cruisers. make people HAVE to fit meds or lights to kill cruisers efficiently 1) BS guns rip cruisers apart. 2) read my sig. -- Only you can save MMORPGS - Stop whining today!
Eve Hel	Posted - 2006.10.12 17:55:00 - [41] Originally by: Hellspawn01 Hehe, tux posts something and ppl come out of all holes to get his interest. Kinda funny tbh yep it's hilarious that ppl don't have more desency. just glad im not Tux right now !,,, seriously if i was i would simple go away from forum for the rest of the day and simple ignore all this hulla hulla huuu fix this and this and this will you !!
Taipan Gedscho Taipan Industries	Posted - 2006.10.12 17:58:00 - [42] Originally by: Eve Hel Originally by: Hellspawn01 Hehe, tux posts something and ppl come out of all holes to get his interest. Kinda funny tbh yep it's hilarious that ppl don't have more desency. just glad im not Tux right now !,,, seriously if i was i would simple go away from forum for the rest of the day and simple ignore all this hulla hulla huuu fix this and this and this will you !! yeah, thats what i think, when i see any post with a dev response, that wasnt really noticed before... suddenly it has a gazillion pages... -- Only you can save MMORPGS - Stop whining today!
Jim McGregor Caldari	Posted - 2006.10.12 18:02:00 - [43] Originally by: Taipan Gedscho yeah, thats what i think, when i see any post with a dev response, that wasnt really noticed before... suddenly it has a gazillion pages... Maybe because he speaks like once a year. Just like Santa. --- Eve Wiki \| Eve Tribune \| Eve Pirate
Taipan Gedscho Taipan Industries	Posted - 2006.10.12 18:06:00 - [44] still i dont try to talk to santa... well maybe thats the reason why i only get crappy presents for christmas... -- Only you can save MMORPGS - Stop whining today!
Jim McGregor Caldari	Posted - 2006.10.12 18:16:00 - [45] Yeah. It was the same with the dev blogs btw. The first couple of dev blogs had like 10-15 pages of replies, now its more like 2-5 pages. And that would happen with Tuxford threads too if it was a normal occurance that he posted sometimes. I guess he has too much other stuff to do, and thats fine I guess. Just explaining why people go crazy with their wishlists. :) --- Eve Wiki \| Eve Tribune \| Eve Pirate
Serapis Aote TBC	Posted - 2006.10.12 18:21:00 - [46] no word on minnie carrier bonus, it is really one of the few things on this board that nearly everyone can agree with, its a worthless bonus. People on here never agree, but they agree about that.
Tibullus	Posted - 2006.10.12 18:34:00 - [47] Edited by: Tibullus on 12/10/2006 18:35:38 Originally by: Tovarishch Originally by: Tibullus Stuff... How do I know? I'm a third-year classicist (latin and ancient greek) at Oxford University. I didn't want to weigh in. I just want to end this bloody inane discussion. Oh... my... God. Toot your own horn much, do you? PS. A 'third-year classicist' would properly capitalize 'Latin' and 'Ancient Greek'... and would most likely name drop which dialects they are studying (Ionic, Aeolic, or even Homeric). This is the last post I will make on this thread. I grudgingly mentioned that to add weight to my argument, doesn't mean I'm an arrogant *****, I just happen to know about the correct and incorrect usage of classical vocabulary. It's a pity people can't rely on good faith on forums where all you have to go by are people's words. It seems to have worked, because aside from you people have shut up about it. Normally I hate telling people what university I go to because I get confronted with their own inadequacies about higher education, or get insulted for 'tooting my own horn'. I guess here is no different. PS I read sixteen books of Homer's Iliad for my mods, but for my greats papers I'm mostly studying golden latin literature of the first century BC, so no real need to mention latin dialects. I'm reading a lot of Cicero, Ovid, a whole bunch of others and amongst them...you guessed it, Tibullus! Greek's not really my thing. PPS How the hell would you know what a third year greats student would and wouldn't do? Must....resist....urge...to.....flame....you...(further). EDIT: Apologies for thread derailment.
R'adeh Celestial Fleet Ascendant Frontier	Posted - 2006.10.12 19:08:00 - [48] Originally by: Waagaa Ktlehr Or they could try to fix it, but I think they think that Amarr is "fine". I guess Tux plays Gallente. :) We Gallente are also prettier than most Amarrians Evil slavers... __________________________________________________ My views are my own and I don't represent my corp. Please show mercy Drakma!
Wizie Minmatar Euphoria Released Euphoria Unleashed	Posted - 2006.10.12 19:09:00 - [49] I made a mistake. Did that mistake take anything away from the point of the post? Were people unable to understand what I was getting at? If so, I'm sorry despite your indepth knowledge of English vocabulary, you lack common sense. Anyhow, I realise that these forums are mostly filled with useless posts and people arguing/begging/whining about things to be changed in their favor. Followed by trolls posting inane responses to the ops post. You know who you are... I'm going to withdraw this post, and you all thread hijackers can rest easy. I will however add one point. If you dont bring something that you feel is obviously broken in the game to others notice. You get to sit and watch that broken item/feature in the game for several months... 8/10 Angel complex farming anyone? ----------------- Sig removed by some noob
Waagaa Ktlehr Amarr Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2006.10.13 11:35:00 - [50] Originally by: Sweriskaka Originally by: Ithildin Drazhar Kain: Grow up. You are not alone in this world and your knowledge of the english languages is clearly not what it should be. Both bonuses and boni are acceptable forms of the plural in an international environment. Your complaint would only have foundation if it was in the subtext of american english only (where the latin origin of many words have been removed). "boni" is not acceptable, for the simple reason that it does not exist in Latin. The plural of "bonus" is "bonūs", not "boni". Since it'd be fairly stupid to try to pronounce that in English, "bonuses" is the accepted usage. Hehe.. You know how many dialects of Latin existed in the ancient age and how many we recognise today? Right, there's one arbitrarily chosen dialect of Latin that's "mainstream". Even there, i was used a lot instead of uus in a lot of poems. i is widely accepted in the international community as the plural suffix for Latin words that end on us. *uses is actually something I never saw in Latin literature.. - - One ship to jam them all, one ship to damp them. One ship to suck them dry and in the dark void gank them.
Gloria Pao	Posted - 2006.10.13 13:36:00 - [51] Originally by: Drazhar Kain Edited by: Drazhar Kain on 12/10/2006 04:04:53 Originally by: Wizie .... boni .... It's BONUSES!!! HOLY HELL! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bonus I'm a bit late on the reply, but I thought I should chip in. Consider that maybe they're not going strictly for the english word 'bonus,' but the original ('a good thing,' 'a plus') from which it was loaned? You can slip words in from other languages, and people do it all the time. E.g.: i.e., RSVP, etc, habeas corpus, etc. If that's the intent, I would like to point out that, more properly, bonA should be used instead of bonI, since the neuter is more appropriate for the adjective substantive in my own opinion, but it's not a big deal, and greater classical travesties occur on a daily basis here and in the outside world (I will be happy when the population realizes kudos is a singular word, and pronounced 'ku-dohss' to rhyme with ethos, and not ku-does to rhyme with nachos). And finally, settle.

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