onos as a normal English word would be onoses - but nobody likes that I guess (neither do I <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> ) If it were Latin, which it's not, use onores (if we can trust that guy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> ), and I hate to contradict Flay but I just really dislike fake Latin - it's ugly and it's not real, so we might as well make up whatever we want instead. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Indo-European wise, you can do that "sheep" stuff I guess..
I really have no answer except to argue against officially adopting a half-@ssed plural - if someone can come up with a good name *and* a good reason it will be genius
Tourist, the problem we run into is that Onos isn't derived from a language, it is vernacular, so the only thing that would qualify a word to be the plural form is if it is the preffered or accepted pluralizations. Since there are two primary accepted forms (Onos and Oni), we can say that both are acceptable pluralizations, and maybe one is preffered.
That is the beautiful thing about vernacular words, people get to make up the rules for them cause they are new.
I think plurals only end in 'i' if the singular word ends in '<b>u</b>s' (e.g. Octopus, Octopi, Cactus, Cacti...?)
Onos is both plural and single, then.
No more posts <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.
Flayra calls them oni. Thats all the proof I need <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
"Sweet Jesus, Kill Me Now!" Or... "Holy Mother Of Pearl!" In most cases if they're not all running towards me and we're talking about them I usually say Onos for many of them.
Just my thoughts... It is NOT English... It is NOT Latin (-us. -um) It IS Greek, Onos as singular, Oni as plural... It's not that hard is it now? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Sucky Ducky+Aug 24 2003, 10:22 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sucky Ducky @ Aug 24 2003, 10:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just my thoughts... It is NOT English... It is NOT Latin (-us. -um) It IS Greek, Onos as singular, Oni as plural... It's not that hard is it now? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> it isn't greek, if you read the story to NS. It's "Terrified," the language of all but the hardest TSA marine.
I thought it was 'Oh sh*t', but I guess Oni works <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Aug 15 2003, 07:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Aug 15 2003, 07:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Kinslayer+Aug 16 2003, 01:18 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kinslayer @ Aug 16 2003, 01:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Think Latin, not modern english. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> No, not Latin - just plain wrong. For a -i pluralisation the word has to end in -us. Besides, the accepted modern way to pluralise -us words is to add es to it. Hippopotamuses, cactuses, etc.
If Flay says the plural of onos is oni so be it, but it obeys no English grammatical rules. In the meantime, I'll still say the plural of onos is onos. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Not exactly. As this is an English word using a latin 2nd diclesion noun plural ending it would inevitably be altered now. Es is 3rd diclension I believe. And cactus IS cacti and hippopotamus IS hippopotimi people just are stupid and can't accept alterations in phonics so they say it wrong. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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onos as a normal English word would be onoses - but nobody likes that I guess (neither do I <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> )
If it were Latin, which it's not, use onores (if we can trust that guy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> ), and I hate to contradict Flay but I just really dislike fake Latin - it's ugly and it's not real, so we might as well make up whatever we want instead. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Indo-European wise, you can do that "sheep" stuff I guess..
I really have no answer except to argue against officially adopting a half-@ssed plural - if someone can come up with a good name *and* a good reason it will be genius
That is the beautiful thing about vernacular words, people get to make up the rules for them cause they are new.
Pronounced "owe-nee", yes.
Onos is both plural and single, then.
No more posts <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.
Or...
"Holy Mother Of Pearl!"
In most cases if they're not all running towards me and we're talking about them I usually say Onos for many of them.
It is NOT English...
It is NOT Latin (-us. -um)
It IS Greek, Onos as singular, Oni as plural... It's not that hard is it now? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
It is NOT English...
It is NOT Latin (-us. -um)
It IS Greek, Onos as singular, Oni as plural... It's not that hard is it now? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
it isn't greek, if you read the story to NS. It's "Terrified," the language of all but the hardest TSA marine.
No, not Latin - just plain wrong. For a -i pluralisation the word has to end in -us. Besides, the accepted modern way to pluralise -us words is to add es to it. Hippopotamuses, cactuses, etc.
If Flay says the plural of onos is oni so be it, but it obeys no English grammatical rules. In the meantime, I'll still say the plural of onos is onos. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not exactly. As this is an English word using a latin 2nd diclesion noun plural ending it would inevitably be altered now. Es is 3rd diclension I believe. And cactus IS cacti and hippopotamus IS hippopotimi people just are stupid and can't accept alterations in phonics so they say it wrong. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->