Wreckage
Joined: Aug 15, 2004
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Oct 05, 2015 - 04:12 |
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Gurbo wrote: | I was wondering if there was an official way to call them, kept going back and forth between sauruses and saurii |
Saurus isn't a proper English word, rather the name for a fictional Warhammer race. It's identical to the Latin word for for lizard and only used as an ending to describe creatures of the same taxonomy. In this context both plural forms would work. The standard Latin and the standard English plural are fine. |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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Oct 05, 2015 - 05:13 |
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Saurii seems right to me, but might sound a bit know it all. Like pretending you've done a biological study of the fantasy race.
Officially plural has in the past been referenced as Saurus. However I get the impression that GW tries to avoid the plural like the plague. So Saurus maybe the unofficial official plural.......if you get my meaning. |
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DrDiscoStu
Joined: Feb 20, 2006
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Oct 05, 2015 - 05:21 |
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pythrr
Joined: Mar 07, 2006
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Oct 05, 2015 - 06:14 |
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GW, breaking the latin language since, um, a while ago. |
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cdwat
Joined: Oct 29, 2013
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Oct 05, 2015 - 06:17 |
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