0001953: Bronze colossus plural irregular? - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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0001953

Dwarf Fortress

Creatures

public

2010-05-18 14:24

2010-06-21 12:37

Reporter

Quietust

Assigned To

Footkerchief

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

N/A

Status

resolved

Resolution

no change required

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OS

OS Version

Product Version

0.31.04

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0001953: Bronze colossus plural irregular?

Description

In the raws, the plural for "bronze colossus" is defined as "bronze colossuses", though many players (and at least one dictionary) suggests that the plural of "colossus" should be "colossi".

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(0006976) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-05-18 14:34	http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colossus [^] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colossus [^] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/colossus [^] Random House, American Heritage Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and Collins English Dictionary all say that both plurals are acceptable.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-05-18 14:24	Quietust	New Issue
2010-05-18 14:34	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0006976
2010-06-21 12:37	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2010-06-21 12:37	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => no change required
2010-06-21 12:37	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief

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