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IPsecure · #17 05-28-2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark.B

The word "fora" is a piece of pretentious crap used by people who are trying to demonstrate their "intellectual superiority".

For the record, "forum" is now in the English dictionary and thus is an English word, and the correct ENGLISH plural of it is therefore "forums". This is confirmed by the OED.

"Fora" is still correct if you want to be pretentious and pretend you can speak Latin.

The majority of the english language is based on latin. Forums or fora are both acceptable as the plural form of forum. Fora is also contained in the English dictionary and is acceptable to use. English is far from being the standard for which all other languages are judged.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forum
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/forum

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